Genesis 19:4

American Standard Version (1901)

But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

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  • Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.
  • Gen 18:20 : 20 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
  • Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
  • Jer 5:1-6 : 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her. 2 And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely. 3 O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. 4 Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God: 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. 6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
  • Matt 27:20-25 : 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 But the governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified. 23 And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye [to it] . 25 And all the people answered and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
  • Rom 3:15 : 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood;
  • Exod 16:2 : 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 19:5-18
    14 verses
    85%

    5and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

    6And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.

    7And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.

    8Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.

    9And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.

    10But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

    11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

    12And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of the place:

    13for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah; and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.

    14And 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.

    15And 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.

    16But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

    17And 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.

    18And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord:

  • Gen 19:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;

    2and 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, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

    3And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

  • Gen 13:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

    13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.

  • Judg 19:22-23
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    77%

    22As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.

    23And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this folly.

  • Luke 17:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

    29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:

  • Gen 19:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.

    24Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;

    25and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

  • Gen 19:31
    73%

    31And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

  • Gen 18:20
    72%

    20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

  • 1 Kgs 14:24
    72%

    24and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.

  • Gen 18:22
    72%

    22And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.

  • Jude 1:7
    72%

    7Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

  • Judg 19:25
    72%

    25But the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

  • Gen 19:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

    29And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

  • 2 Pet 2:6
    71%

    6and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly;

  • Gen 18:16
    70%

    16And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

  • Gen 14:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

    12And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

  • Gen 13:10
    70%

    10And 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.

  • Gen 10:19
    70%

    19And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.