Genesis 19:22

New American Bible - revised edition

Hurry, escape there! I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” That is why the town is called Zoar.

Cross References

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked about and saw how abundantly watered the whole Jordan Plain was as far as Zoar, like the Lord’s own garden, or like Egypt. This was before the Lord had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 14:2

made war on Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar),

Genesis 19:21

“Well, then,” he replied, “I grant you this favor too. I will not overthrow the town you have mentioned.

Genesis 19:23

The sun had risen over the earth when Lot arrived in Zoar,

Exodus 32:10

Let me alone, then, that my anger may burn against them to consume them. Then I will make of you a great nation.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out for Moab, his fugitives reach Zoar, Eglath-shelishiyah: The ascent of Luhith they ascend weeping; On the way to Horonaim they utter rending cries;

Isaiah 65:8

Thus says the Lord: As when the juice is pressed from a cluster, and someone says, “Do not destroy it, for there is still good in it,” So will I do for the sake of my servants: I will not destroy them all.

Jeremiah 48:34

The cry of Heshbon and Elealeh is heard as far as Jahaz; they call from Zoar to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah; even the waters of Nimrim turn into a wasteland.

Mark 6:5

So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them.

Deuteronomy 34:3

the Negeb, the plain (the valley of Jericho, the City of Palms), and as far as Zoar.

Deuteronomy 9:14

Let me be, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens. I will then make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.

2 Timothy 2:13

If we are unfaithful he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself. Warning Against Useless Disputes.

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before time began,