Genesis 19:25

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Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.

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  • Ps 107:34 : 34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.
  • Gen 14:3 : 3 All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
  • Gen 13:10 : 10 Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.

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  • Gen 19:23-24
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    85%

    23By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.

    24Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

  • Deut 29:23-24
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    83%

    23All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?'

    24And they will answer, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

  • Luke 17:28-29
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    81%

    28It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,

    29But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

  • Gen 19:28-29
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    80%

    28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the entire plain, and he saw that smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

    29So it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham and brought Lot out from the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.

  • 2 Pet 2:6
    79%

    6and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly,

  • Jer 50:40
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    40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors, declares the LORD, no one will live there, and no human being will dwell in it.

  • Gen 19:26
    76%

    26But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

  • Gen 13:10
    76%

    10Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.

  • Jer 49:18
    75%

    18As with the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, says the LORD, no one will live there; no human being will stay in it.

  • Gen 19:12-17
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    12The men said to Lot, "Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

    13because we are about to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."

    14So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, "Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But to his sons-in-law, he seemed to be joking.

    15With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished."

    16When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand, the hands of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.

    17As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!"

  • Gen 18:20
    74%

    20Then the LORD said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave.

  • Isa 13:19
    74%

    19Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.

  • Amos 4:11
    74%

    11I overthrew some of you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a firebrand snatched from the burning, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.

  • Gen 14:10-11
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    73%

    10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but the rest fled to the hills.

    11Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went away.

  • Gen 13:12-13
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    12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.

    13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and great sinners against the LORD.

  • Jude 1:7
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    7In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desires, serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

  • Gen 18:23-26
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    23Then Abraham approached Him and said, 'Will You sweep away the righteous with the wicked?'

    24'Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city. Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are there?'

    25'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'

    26The LORD replied, 'If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the entire place for their sake.'

  • Gen 19:4
    71%

    4Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.

  • Gen 19:21
    70%

    21He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

  • 2 Kgs 23:7
    69%

    7He tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the temple of the Lord, where the women wove coverings for Asherah.

  • 2 Kgs 3:19
    69%

    19You will destroy every fortified city and every major town, cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.

  • Deut 13:15
    69%

    15then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

  • Num 31:10
    69%

    10They burned all the towns where the Midianites had lived and all their encampments with fire.

  • Gen 19:1
    69%

    1The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

  • Deut 3:6
    69%

    6We completely destroyed them, just as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon. In every city, we destroyed the men, women, and children.

  • Jer 4:26
    69%

    26I looked, and behold, the fertile land was a wilderness, and all its cities were torn down before the LORD, in the heat of His fierce anger.

  • Judg 9:45
    69%

    45Abimelech fought against the city all that day, captured it, killed its inhabitants, tore it down, and sowed it with salt.