Genesis 19:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ But he lingered, so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and left him outside the city.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But while he lingered, the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, for the Lord was merciful to him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city and left him there.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He hesitated, but because the LORD intended to save him, the men grabbed him, his wife, and two daughters by the hand, took him out, and left him outside the city.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And, since he ignored them, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, as well as that of his two daughters, because the Lord was sparing him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters; because the Lord spared him.

Genesis 19:16 Cross References

Genesis 19:15

When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Get up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or else you will be consumed in the punishment of the city.”

Genesis 43:10

If we had not delayed, we would now have returned twice.”

1 Chronicles 16:34

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 103:13

As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.

Psalm 106:1

Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 106:8

Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, so that he might make known his mighty power.

Psalm 107:1

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 111:4

He has gained renown by his wonderful deeds; the Lord is gracious and merciful.

Psalm 118:1

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!

Psalm 119:60

I hurry and do not delay to keep your commandments.

Psalm 136:1

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 32:10

Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.

Psalm 33:18

Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

Psalm 33:19

to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

Psalm 34:12

Which of you desires life and covets many days to enjoy good?

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:5

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Exodus 34:7

keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, yet by no means clearing the guilty, but visiting the iniquity of the parents upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

Isaiah 63:9

in all their distress. It was no messenger or angel but his presence that saved them; in his love and pity it was he who redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Lamentations 3:22

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

Numbers 14:18

‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the parents upon the children to the third and the fourth generation.’

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

John 6:44

No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me, and I will raise that person up on the last day.

Romans 9:18

So then he has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.

2 Corinthians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,

Deuteronomy 4:31

Because the Lord your God is a merciful God, he will neither abandon you nor destroy you; he will not forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them.

Deuteronomy 5:15

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 6:21

then you shall say to your children, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deuteronomy 7:8

It was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath that he swore to your ancestors that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Titus 3:5

he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Joshua 6:22

But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, “Go into the prostitute’s house, and bring the woman out of it and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.”

2 Peter 2:7

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man greatly distressed by the debauchery of the lawless

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial and to keep the unrighteous until the day of judgment, when they will be punished