Judges 19:16
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16 Then at evening there was an old man coming from his work in the field. The man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was residing in Gibeah. (The people of the place were Benjaminites.)(A)
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Psalm 104:23
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23 People go out to their work
and to their labor until the evening.(A)
Judges 19:1
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The Levite’s Concubine
19 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite residing in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 3:10
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10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: anyone unwilling to work should not eat.
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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,(A) 12 so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.(B)
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Ephesians 4:28
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28 Those who steal must give up stealing; rather, let them labor, doing good work with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.
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Ecclesiastes 5:12
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12 Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not let them sleep.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
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13 I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to humans to be busy with.(A)
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Proverbs 24:27
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27 Prepare your work outside;
get everything ready for you in the field;
and after that build your house.
Proverbs 14:23
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23 In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 13:11
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11 Wealth hastily gotten[a] will dwindle,
but those who gather little by little will increase it.(A)
Footnotes
- 13.11 Gk Vg: Heb from vanity
Psalm 128:2
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2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.(A)
Judges 19:14
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14 So they passed on and went their way, and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
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Genesis 3:19
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19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”(A)
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