Verse 17

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 19:26 : 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
  • Matt 24:16-18 : 16 then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains: 17 let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house: 18 and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
  • Luke 9:62 : 62 But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
  • Phil 3:13-14 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Luke 17:31-32 : 31 In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife.
  • Gen 19:22 : 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Gen 19:14-15 : 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked. 15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
  • Gen 13:10 : 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 And Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain.
  • 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
  • Ps 121:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
  • Jer 48:6 : 6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
  • Gen 18:22 : 22 And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;