Matthew 10:15

American Standard Version (1901)

Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

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  • Matt 12:36 : 36 And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;
  • 1 John 4:17 : 17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.
  • 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 and 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;
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  • Ezek 16:48-56 : 48 As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good] . 51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done. 52 Thou also, bear thou thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that thou: yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. 53 And I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them; 54 that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. 55 And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. 56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
  • Matt 5:18 : 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.
  • Matt 11:22-24 : 22 But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
  • Matt 24:34-35 : 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
  • Mark 6:11 : 11 And whatsoever place shall not receive you, and they hear you not, as ye go forth thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony unto them.
  • Luke 10:11-12 : 11 Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, we wipe off against you: nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh. 12 I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
  • John 15:22-24 : 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 10:10-15
    6 verses
    93%

    10But into whatsoever city ye shall enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets thereof and say,

    11Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, we wipe off against you: nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.

    12I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

    13Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

    14But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

    15And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.

  • Matt 11:20-24
    5 verses
    90%

    20Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.

    21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

    22But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

    23And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day.

    24But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

  • Mark 6:10-12
    3 verses
    87%

    10And he said unto them, Wheresoever ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart thence.

    11And whatsoever place shall not receive you, and they hear you not, as ye go forth thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony unto them.

    12And they went out, and preached that [men] should repent.

  • Matt 10:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

    14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.

  • Luke 9:5
    75%

    5And as many as receive you not, when ye depart from that city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.

  • Matt 10:16
    74%

    16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

  • Jer 50:40
    73%

    40As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

  • Luke 17:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

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

    30after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.

  • Gen 18:20
    72%

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

  • Matt 10:23
    72%

    23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

  • Gen 13:13
    72%

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

  • 2 Pet 2:6
    72%

    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;

  • Isa 1:10
    71%

    10Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

  • Jer 49:18
    71%

    18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

  • Lam 4:6
    70%

    6For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.

  • Deut 29:23
    70%

    23[ and that] the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

  • Isa 13:19
    70%

    19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

  • Matt 13:50
    70%

    50and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Gen 18:26
    69%

    26And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

  • Matt 10:6
    69%

    6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Luke 13:28
    69%

    28There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.

  • Matt 13:42
    69%

    42and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Jude 1:7
    69%

    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.

  • Amos 4:11
    69%

    11I have overthrown [cities] among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

  • Isa 3:9
    69%

    9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

  • Matt 12:45
    69%

    45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

  • Luke 17:2
    69%

    2It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

  • Matt 23:36
    69%

    36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

  • Matt 10:11
    69%

    11And into whatsoever city or village ye shall enter, search out who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go forth.

  • Matt 12:41
    69%

    41The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

  • Gen 19:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Matt 5:20
    68%

    20For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

  • Luke 10:3
    68%

    3Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.

  • Matt 12:37
    68%

    37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

  • Luke 13:3
    68%

    3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.