Genesis 19:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When they were outside, one of the angels said, “Run for your lives! Don't even look back. And don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, where you will be safe.”

Cross References

Genesis 13:10

This happened before the LORD had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when Lot looked around, he saw there was plenty of water in the Jordan Valley. All the way to Zoar the valley was as green as the garden of the LORD or the land of Egypt.

Genesis 14:10

was full of tar pits, and when the troops from Sodom and Gomorrah started running away, some of them fell into the pits. Others escaped to the hill country.

Genesis 18:22

The men turned and started towards Sodom. But the LORD stayed with Abraham,

Genesis 19:18

Lot answered, “You have done us a great favour, sir. You have saved our lives, but please don't make us go to the hills. That's too far away. The city will be destroyed before we can get there, and we will be killed when it happens.

Genesis 19:22

Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there.” The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.

Genesis 19:26

On the way, Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a block of salt.

Genesis 19:30

Lot was afraid to stay on in Zoar. So he took his two daughters and moved to a cave in the hill country.

1 Kings 1:12

You and your son Solomon will be killed, unless you do what I tell you.

1 Kings 19:3

Elijah was afraid when he got her message, and he ran to the town of Beersheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

Psalm 121:1

I look to the hills! Where will I find help?

Jeremiah 48:6

Run for your lives! Head into the desert like a wild donkey.

Numbers 16:26

Then Moses warned the people, “Get away from the tents of these sinful men! Don't touch anything that belongs to them or you'll be wiped out.”

Matthew 3:7

Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?

Luke 12:23

Life is more than food or clothing.

Luke 9:62

Jesus answered, “Anyone who starts ploughing and keeps looking back isn't worth a thing to God's kingdom!”

Hebrews 2:3

So if we refuse this great way of being saved, how can we hope to escape? The Lord himself was the first to tell about it, and people who heard the message proved to us that it was true.

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent guards to watch David's house all night and then to kill him in the morning. Michal, David's wife, told him, “If you don't escape tonight, they'll kill you tomorrow!”