26 Bible Verses about Travellers
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In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways.
And there came a traveler to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd to dress for the wayfaring man who came to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who came to him.
O thou hope of Israel, the Savior of it in the time of trouble, why should thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to tarry for a night?
sharing for the needs of the sanctified, pursuing love for strangers.
The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,
being testified in good works: if she has reared children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the sanctified, if she has relieved those who are afflicted, if she has followed every good work.
Do not forget love for strangers, for by this some lodged heavenly agents, unaware.
Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No, but we will abide in the street all n
And he said, Come in, thou blessed of LORD. Why do thou stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
And he said to his daughters, And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.
And Manoah said to the agent of LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.
And the old man said, Peace be to thee. However let all thy wants lay upon me, only do not lodge in the street.
And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem where there was a prominent woman. And she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by he turned in there to eat bread.
Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were round about us.
And when she was immersed, and her household, she urged us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, after coming into my house, remain. And she constrained us.
And having brought them into his house, he set out a table, and rejoiced, having believed in God with all his house.
And on the morrow, after going forth, those around Paul came to Caesarea. And having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, being of the seven, we dwelt with him.
And the foreigners presented uncommon kindness to us, for, having kindled a fire, they received us all because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Now among the things around that place were fields of the chief of the island, named Publius, who, having received us kindly, lodged us three days.
Tell, ye who ride on white donkeys, ye who sit on rich carpets, and ye who walk by the way.
The highways lay waste. The wayfaring man ceases. [The enemy] has broken the covenant. He has despised the cities. He does not regard man.
From Thematic Bible
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being testified in good works: if she has reared children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the sanctified, if she has relieved those who are afflicted, if she has followed every good work.
The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,
sharing for the needs of the sanctified, pursuing love for strangers.
Do not forget love for strangers, for by this some lodged heavenly agents, unaware.
Travellers » Travellers
And there came a traveler to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd to dress for the wayfaring man who came to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who came to him.
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways.
O thou hope of Israel, the Savior of it in the time of trouble, why should thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to tarry for a night?
Wells » Frequented by » Travellers
And he made the camels to kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
And I came this day to the fountain, and said, O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if thou do now prosper my way which I go,