Genesis 19:17

Good News Translation (US Version)

Then one of the angels said, “Run for your lives! Don't look back and don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, so that you won't be killed.”

Cross References

Luke 9:62

Jesus said to him, “Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God.”

Genesis 19:26

But Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:22

Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you get there.” Because Lot called it small, the town was named Zoar.

Matthew 3:7

When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, “You snakes—who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send?

Jeremiah 48:6

‘Quick, run for your lives!’ they say. ‘Run like a wild desert donkey!’

1 Kings 19:3

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life; he took his servant and went to Beersheba in Judah. Leaving the servant there,

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the Lord or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Psalm 121:1

I look to the mountains; where will my help come from?

1 Samuel 19:11

That same night Saul sent some men to watch David's house and kill him the next morning. Michal, David's wife, warned him, “If you don't get away tonight, tomorrow you will be dead.”

Genesis 18:22

Then the two men left and went on toward Sodom, but the Lord remained with Abraham.

Hebrews 2:3

How, then, shall we escape if we pay no attention to such a great salvation? The Lord himself first announced this salvation, and those who heard him proved to us that it is true.

Genesis 14:10

The valley was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away from the battle, they fell into the pits; but the other three kings escaped to the mountains.

Genesis 19:18

But Lot answered, “No, please don't make us do that, sir.

Genesis 19:30

Because Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, he and his two daughters moved up into the hills and lived in a cave.

Numbers 16:26

He said to the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men and don't touch anything that belongs to them. Otherwise, you will be wiped out with them for all their sins.”

1 Kings 1:12

If you want to save your life and the life of your son Solomon, I would advise you to

Luke 12:23

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