Genesis 19:17

God's Word

As soon as they were outside, one ⌞of the angels⌟ said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stop on the plain. Run for the hills, or you’ll be swept away!”

Cross References

Genesis 13:10

Then Lot looked in the direction of Zoar as far as he could see. He saw that the whole Jordan Plain was well-watered like the Lord’s garden or like Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 14:10

The valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. As the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell because of the tar pits, but the other kings fled to the hills.

Genesis 18:22

From there the men turned and went on toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing in front of the Lord.

Genesis 19:18

Lot answered, “Oh no!

Genesis 19:22

Run there quickly, because I can’t do anything until you get there.” (The city is named Zoar [Small].)

Genesis 19:26

Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a column of salt.

Genesis 19:30

Lot left Zoar because he was afraid to stay there. He and his two daughters settled in the mountains where they lived in a cave.

1 Kings 1:12

Bathsheba, let me give you some advice about how to save your life and your son’s life.

1 Kings 19:3

Frightened, Elijah fled to save his life. He came to Beersheba in Judah and left his servant there.

Psalm 121:1

I look up toward the mountains. Where can I find help?

Jeremiah 48:6

“Run away! Run for your lives! Run like a wild donkey in the desert.”

Numbers 16:26

He said to the community, “Move away from the tents of these wicked men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them, or you’ll be swept away because of all their sins.”

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he said to them, “You poisonous snakes! Who showed you how to flee from God’s coming anger?

Luke 12:23

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.

Luke 9:62

Jesus said to him, “Whoever starts to plow and looks back is not fit for God’s kingdom.”

Hebrews 2:3

So how will we escape punishment if we reject the important message, the message that God saved us? First, the Lord told this saving message. Then those who heard him confirmed that message.

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent messengers to watch David’s house and kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, advised him, “If you don’t save yourself tonight, you’ll be dead tomorrow!”