Genesis 19:22

New Living Translation

But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)

Cross References

Genesis 13:10

Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 14:2

fought against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).

Genesis 19:21

“All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.

Genesis 19:23

Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon.

Exodus 32:10

Now leave me alone so my fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation.”

Isaiah 15:5

My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.

Isaiah 65:8

“But I will not destroy them all,” says the Lord. “For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones (and someone will say, ‘Don’t throw them all away— some of those grapes are good!’), so I will not destroy all Israel. For I still have true servants there.

Jeremiah 48:34

“Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across to Elealeh and Jahaz; from Zoar all the way to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up now.

Mark 6:5

And because of their unbelief, he couldn’t do any miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

Deuteronomy 34:3

the Negev; the Jordan Valley with Jericho—the city of palms—as far as Zoar.

Deuteronomy 9:14

Leave me alone so I may destroy them and erase their name from under heaven. Then I will make a mighty nation of your descendants, a nation larger and more powerful than they are.’

2 Timothy 2:13

If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is.

Titus 1:2

This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began.