26 Bible Verses about Travellers

"In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Ja'el, caravans ceased and travelers kept to the byways.

And there came a traveller to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that had come to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that had come to him.

Thou hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveller that turneth aside to stay a night?

distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.

hospitable one to another, without murmuring;

Let now a little water be fetched, that ye may wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and lodge, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will pass the night in the open place.

And he said, Come in, blessed of Jehovah! why standest thou outside? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why then have ye left the man behind? Call him, that he may eat bread.

Mano'ah said to the angel of the LORD, "Pray, let us detain you, and prepare a kid for you."

And the old man said, "Peace be to you; I will care for all your wants; only, do not spend the night in the square."

And it came to pass on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a wealthy woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.

The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.

And when she had been baptised and her house, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us.

And having brought them into his house he laid the table for them, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

And leaving on the morrow, we came to Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him.

But the barbarians shewed us no common kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

Now in the country surrounding that place were the lands belonging to the chief man of the island, by name Publius, who received us and gave us hospitality three days in a very friendly way.

"Tell of it, you who ride on tawny asses, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.

Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:

The highways are desolate, the wayfaring man ceaseth. He hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.