Verse 17

And 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 19:26 : 26 ¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
  • Matt 24:16-18 : 16 ‹Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:› 17 ‹Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:› 18 ‹Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.›
  • Luke 9:62 : 62 And Jesus said unto him, ‹No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.›
  • Phil 3:13-14 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Luke 17:31-32 : 31 ‹In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.› 32 ‹Remember Lot's wife.›
  • Gen 19:22 : 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Gen 19:14-15 : 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. 15 ¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
  • Gen 13:10 : 10 ¶ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 ¶ Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
  • 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there.
  • Ps 121:1 : 1 ¶ A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
  • Jer 48:6 : 6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
  • Gen 18:22 : 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];