But in the fourth generation they shall return here; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.

And Jehovah said, The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is exceedingly heavy.

But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.

And Lot went out to them at the entrance and shut the door behind him,

See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and do to them as is good in your eyes; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.

But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

Now Jehovah sent you on a mission, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them to finish them off.

Except Jehovah of Hosts had left us a small remnant, we would be as Sodom; we would be as Gomorrah.

The expression of their faces witnesses against them; they have declared their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have recompensed evil upon themselves.

And your older sister is Samaria, who dwells with her daughters to the north of you; and your younger sister, who dwells to the south of you, is Sodom and her daughters.

As I live, declares the Lord Jehovah, neither your sister Sodom nor her daughters have done as you and your daughters have done.

And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.

And it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.

But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.

So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, Give God the glory. We know that this Man is a sinner.

Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone reveres God and does His will, He hears him.

Likewise also the men, abandoning the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men with men performing what is shameful, and receiving the retribution within themselves, the penalty which is fitting for their error.

and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those intending to live ungodly;

(for that righteous man, dwelling among them, his righteous soul was tormented from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds);

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after other flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before Jehovah.

But Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah killed him.

He also made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and fortunetelling, and consulted necromancers and mediums. He did much evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger.

For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen; because their tongue and their deeds are rebellion toward Jehovah and against the eyes of His glory.

Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and earth? says Jehovah.

And there is no creature that is not revealed in His presence, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must give answer.