Genesis 18:20
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And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
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And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Genesis 19:13For 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.because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
- Isaiah 3:9The 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.The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Ezekiel 16:49-5049 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. 50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.49 Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. 50 Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.
- Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
- Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- James 5:4Behold, 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.Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 14:7O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
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