Genesis 18:20

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So the LORD said,“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

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  • Gen 19:13 : 13 because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the LORD that he has sent us to destroy it.”
  • Isa 3:9 : 9 The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 But the LORD said,“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 (Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the LORD.)
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got– disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got– cries for help!
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 Then I said,“O LORD, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.
  • Ezek 16:49-50 : 49 “‘See here– this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.

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  • Gen 18:21-32
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    85%

    21that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”

    22The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

    23Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

    24What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

    25Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”

    26So the LORD replied,“If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

    27Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),

    28what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?” He replied,“I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

    29Abraham spoke to him again,“What if forty are found there?” He replied,“I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

    30Then Abraham said,“May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?” He replied,“I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

    31Abraham said,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied,“I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

    32Finally Abraham said,“May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied,“I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

  • Gen 13:12-13
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    79%

    12Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

    13(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the LORD.)

  • Gen 19:12-13
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    12Then the two visitors said to Lot,“Who else do you have here? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city? Get them out of this place

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

  • Gen 19:28-29
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    28He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.

    29So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.

  • Gen 18:16-17
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    16Abraham Pleads for Sodom When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom.(Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

    17Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

  • Gen 19:24-25
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    24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the LORD.

    25So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.

  • Deut 29:23
    75%

    23The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.

  • Isa 1:10
    75%

    10Listen to the LORD’s message, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, people of Gomorrah!

  • 2 Pet 2:6
    74%

    6and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,

  • Luke 17:29
    74%

    29but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

  • Gen 18:19
    73%

    19I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.”

  • Jer 49:18
    73%

    18Edom will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns that were around them. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.

  • Gen 19:18
    73%

    18But Lot said to them,“No, please, Lord!

  • Jer 50:40
    73%

    40I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.

  • Gen 19:4
    72%

    4Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men– both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom– surrounded the house.

  • Matt 10:15
    72%

    15I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

  • Gen 13:10
    72%

    10Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well-watered(before the LORD obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar.

  • Gen 19:21
    72%

    21“Very well,” he replied,“I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.

  • Matt 11:24
    72%

    24But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”

  • Gen 19:7
    72%

    7He said,“No, my brothers! Don’t act so wickedly!

  • Lam 4:6
    72%

    6ו(Vav) The punishment of my people exceeded that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her.

  • Gen 6:6
    71%

    6The LORD regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.

  • Gen 19:1
    71%

    1The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

  • Jude 1:7
    71%

    7So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

  • Isa 3:9
    71%

    9The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

  • 2 Pet 2:8
    71%

    8(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)

  • Gen 21:11
    71%

    11Sarah’s demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son.