Verse 9

Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
  • Gen 18:20-21 : 20 And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil, 21 I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.
  • Gen 19:5-9 : 5 And crying out to Lot, they said, Where are the men who came to your house this night? Send them out to us, so that we may take our pleasure with them. 6 And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him. 7 And he said, My brothers, do not this evil. 8 See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof. 9 And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.
  • 1 Sam 15:32 : 32 Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaking with fear. And Agag said, Truly the pain of death is past.
  • 2 Kgs 9:30 : 30 And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
  • Ps 73:6-7 : 6 For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe. 7 Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.
  • Prov 30:13 : 13 There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:
  • Jer 3:3 : 3 So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.
  • Jer 6:15 : 15 Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you. 17 But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.
  • Lam 5:16 : 16 The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.
  • Ezek 23:16 : 16 And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Dan 7:20 : 20 And about the ten horns on his head and the other which came up, causing the fall of three; that horn which had eyes, and a mouth saying great things, which seemed to be greater than the other horns.
  • Hos 13:9 : 9 I have sent destruction on you, O Israel; who will be your helper?