Genesis 19:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So after the two men brought Lot and his family out of the city, one of the men said, “Now run to save your life! Don’t look back at the city, and don’t stop anywhere in the valley. Run until you are in the mountains. If you stop, you will be destroyed with the city!”

Cross References

Luke 9:62

Jesus said, “Anyone who begins to plow a field but looks back is not prepared for God’s kingdom.”

Genesis 19:26

Lot’s wife was following behind him and looked back at the city. When she did, she became a block of salt.

Genesis 19:22

But run there quickly. I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, because it is a small town.)

Matthew 3:7

Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to where John was baptizing people. When John saw them, he said, “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run from God’s judgment that is coming?

Jeremiah 48:6

Run away! Run for your lives! Run away like a weed blowing through the desert.

1 Kings 19:3

When Elijah heard this, he was afraid. So he ran away to save his life. He took his servant with him, and they went to Beersheba in Judah. Then Elijah left his servant in Beersheba

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked and saw the whole Jordan Valley. He saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord’s Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)

Psalm 121:1

I look up to the hills, but where will my help really come from?

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent men to watch David’s house. They stayed there all night. They were waiting to kill David in the morning, but David’s wife Michal warned him. She said, “You must run away tonight and save your life. If you don’t, you will be killed tomorrow.”

Genesis 18:22

So the men turned and started walking toward Sodom while Abraham stood there before the Lord.

Hebrews 2:3

So surely we also will be punished if we don’t pay attention to the salvation we have that is so great. It was the Lord Jesus who first told people about it. And those who heard him proved to us that it is true.

Genesis 14:10

There were many holes filled with tar in the Valley of Siddim. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their armies ran away, some of the soldiers fell into these holes, but the others ran away to the mountains.

Genesis 19:18

But Lot said to the two men, “Sirs, please don’t force me to run so far!

Genesis 19:30

Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he and his two daughters went to live in the mountains in a cave.

Numbers 16:26

Moses warned the people, “Move away from the tents of these evil men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them! If you do, you will be destroyed because of their sins.”

1 Kings 1:12

You and your son Solomon are in danger, but I will tell you what to do to save yourself.

Luke 12:23

Life is more important than food, and the body is more important than what you put on it.