Genesis 18:20
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 18
“And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;”Genesis 18:20
What Does Genesis 18:20 Mean?
Genesis 18:20 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 18, verse 20 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Sin.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 18:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 2:23“And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.”Genesis 6:5“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”Jude 1:7“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”Jonah 1:2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.”Revelation 18:5“For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”Genesis 19:13“For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.”Genesis 3:9“And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?”Genesis 19:4“But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:”Isaiah 3:9“The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.”Ezekiel 16:49“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”Genesis 4:10“And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.”Genesis 13:13“But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.”Jeremiah 23:14“I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.”Ezekiel 16:50“And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.”Job 24:1“Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?”Joel 3:13“Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.”Luke 17:28“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;”James 5:4“Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.”Genesis 10:19“And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.”Numbers 11:17“And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.”
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