Bible Cross References
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Ezekiel 16:51
"Samaria did not sin half as much as you have. You have acted more disgustingly than she ever did. Your corruption makes your sisters look innocent by comparison.
Ezekiel 23:4
The older one was named Oholah (she represents Samaria), and the younger one was named Oholibah (she represents Jerusalem). I married both of them, and they bore me children.
Ezekiel 23:11
"Even though her sister Oholibah saw this, she was wilder and more of a prostitute than Oholah had ever been.
Ezekiel 23:31-33
31
You followed in your sister's footsteps, and so I will give you the same cup of punishment to drink."
32
The Sovereign LORD says, "You will drink from your sister's cup; it is large and deep. Everyone will scorn and mock you; the cup is full.
33
It will make you miserable and drunk, that cup of fear and ruin, your sister Samaria's cup.
Jeremiah 3:8-11
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Judah also saw that I divorced Israel and sent her away because she had turned from me and had become a prostitute. But Judah, Israel's unfaithful sister, was not afraid. She too became a prostitute
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and was not at all ashamed. She defiled the land, and she committed adultery by worshiping stones and trees.
10
And after all this, Judah, Israel's unfaithful sister, only pretended to return to me; she was not sincere. I, the LORD, have spoken."
11
Then the LORD told me that, even though Israel had turned away from him, she had proved to be better than unfaithful Judah.
Micah 1:5
All this will happen because the people of Israel have sinned and rebelled against God. Who is to blame for Israel's rebellion? Samaria, the capital city itself ! Who is guilty of idolatry in Judah? Jerusalem itself !
thy younger sister
Ezekiel 16:48
"As surely as I am the living God," the Sovereign LORD says, "your sister Sodom and her villages never did the evil that you and your villages have done.
Ezekiel 16:49
She and her daughters were proud because they had plenty to eat and lived in peace and quiet, but they did not take care of the poor and the underprivileged.
Ezekiel 16:53-56
53
The LORD said to Jerusalem, "I will make them prosperous again---Sodom and her villages and Samaria and her villages. Yes, I will make you prosperous too.
54
You will be ashamed of yourself, and your disgrace will show your sisters how well-off they are.
55
They will become prosperous again, and you and your villages will also be restored.
56
Didn't you joke about Sodom in those days when you were proud
Ezekiel 16:61-56
Genesis 13:11-13
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So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.
12
Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the valley and camped near Sodom,
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whose people were wicked and sinned against the LORD.
Genesis 18:20-33
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Then the LORD said to Abraham, "There are terrible accusations against Sodom and Gomorrah, and their sin is very great.
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I must go down to find out whether or not the accusations which I have heard are true."
22
Then the two men left and went on toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham.
23
Abraham approached the LORD and asked, "Are you really going to destroy the innocent with the guilty?
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If there are fifty innocent people in the city, will you destroy the whole city? Won't you spare it in order to save the fifty?
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Surely you won't kill the innocent with the guilty. That's impossible! You can't do that. If you did, the innocent would be punished along with the guilty. That is impossible. The judge of all the earth has to act justly."
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The LORD answered, "If I find fifty innocent people in Sodom, I will spare the whole city for their sake."
27
Abraham spoke again: "Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. I am only a man and have no right to say anything.
28
But perhaps there will be only forty-five innocent people instead of fifty. Will you destroy the whole city because there are five too few?" The LORD answered, "I will not destroy the city if I find forty-five innocent people."
29
Abraham spoke again: "Perhaps there will be only forty." He replied, "I will not destroy it if there are forty."
30
Abraham said, "Please don't be angry, Lord, but I must speak again. What if there are only thirty?" He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty."
31
Abraham said, "Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. Suppose that only twenty are found?" He said, "I will not destroy the city if I find twenty."
32
Abraham said, "Please don't be angry, Lord, and I will speak only once more. What if only ten are found?" He said, "I will not destroy it if there are ten."
33
After he had finished speaking with Abraham, the LORD went away, and Abraham returned home.
Genesis 19:24
Suddenly the LORD rained burning sulfur on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 19:25
and destroyed them and the whole valley, along with all the people there and everything that grew on the land.
Deuteronomy 29:23
The fields will be a barren waste, covered with sulfur and salt; nothing will be planted, and not even weeds will grow there. Your land will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed when he was furiously angry.
Deuteronomy 32:32
Their enemies, corrupt as Sodom and Gomorrah, are like vines that bear bitter and poisonous grapes,
Isaiah 1:9
If the LORD Almighty had not let some of the people survive, Jerusalem would have been totally destroyed, just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.
Isaiah 1:10
Jerusalem, your rulers and your people are like those of Sodom and Gomorrah. Listen to what the LORD is saying to you. Pay attention to what our God is teaching you.
Jeremiah 23:14
But I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem do even worse: they commit adultery and tell lies; they help people to do wrong, so that no one stops doing what is evil. To me they are all as bad as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Lamentations 4:6
My people have been punished even more than the inhabitants of Sodom, which met a sudden downfall at the hands of God.
Luke 17:28-30
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It will be as it was in the time of Lot. Everybody kept on eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
29
On the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and killed them all.
30
That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
2 Peter 2:6
God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, destroying them with fire, and made them an example of what will happen to the godless.
Jude 1:7
Remember Sodom and Gomorrah, and the nearby towns, whose people acted as those angels did and indulged in sexual immorality and perversion: they suffer the punishment of eternal fire as a plain warning to all.
Revelation 11:8
and their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, where their Lord was crucified. The symbolic name of that city is Sodom, or Egypt.
her daughters
Ezekiel 16:27
"Now I have raised my hand to punish you and to take away your share of my blessing. I have handed you over to the Philistines, who hate you and are disgusted with your immoral actions.
Ezekiel 26:6
and with their swords they will kill those who live in her towns on the mainland. Then Tyre will know that I am the LORD."
Genesis 14:8
Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela drew up their armies for battle in Siddim Valley and fought
Genesis 19:29
But when God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot was living, he kept Abraham in mind and allowed Lot to escape to safety.
Hosea 11:8
"How can I give you up, Israel? How can I abandon you? Could I ever destroy you as I did Admah, or treat you as I did Zeboiim? My heart will not let me do it! My love for you is too strong.