So the two men sat down and ate and drank together. Then the woman's father told him, "Please spend the night and enjoy yourself."

The Levite got up to go, but the father urged him to stay, so he spent another night there.

(SEE 16:24)

The men of Gibeah came to get me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me; instead they raped my concubine, and she died.

Before the guests went to bed, the men of Sodom surrounded the house. All the men of the city, both young and old, were there.

They are hopelessly evil in what they do, just as they were at Gibeah. God will remember their sin and punish them for it.

The LORD says, "The people of Israel have not stopped sinning against me since the time of their sin at Gibeah. So at Gibeah war will catch up with them.

that some worthless people of your nation have misled the people of their town to worship gods that you have never worshiped before.

Don't think I am a worthless woman. I have been praying like this because I'm so miserable."

The sons of Eli were scoundrels. They paid no attention to the LORD

But some worthless people said, "How can this fellow do us any good?" They despised Saul and did not bring him any gifts.

Please, don't pay any attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing! He is exactly what his name means---a fool! I wasn't there when your servants arrived, sir.

But godless people are like thorns that are thrown away; no one can touch them barehanded.

You must use an iron tool or a spear; they will be burned completely.

How can Christ and the Devil agree? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

They called out to Lot and asked, "Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out to us!" The men of Sodom wanted to have sex with them.

Because they do this, God has given them over to shameful passions. Even the women pervert the natural use of their sex by unnatural acts.

In the same way the men give up natural sexual relations with women and burn with passion for each other. Men do shameful things with each other, and as a result they bring upon themselves the punishment they deserve for their wrongdoing.

Surely you know that the wicked will not possess God's Kingdom. Do not fool yourselves; people who are immoral or who worship idols or are adulterers or homosexual perverts

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.