Sodom

Sodom is a settlement named in 50 verses of the Bible. It is most likely in the Valley of Siddim (low confidence; 4 other proposals below).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Genesis

• 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.and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
• Genesis 13:10
  And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
• Genesis 13:12
  Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
• Genesis 13:13
  But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
• Genesis 14:2
  That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
• Genesis 14:8
  And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
• Genesis 14:10
  And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.
• Genesis 14:11
  And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
• Genesis 14:12
  And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
• Genesis 14:17
  And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
• Genesis 14:21
  And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”
• Genesis 14:22
  And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
• Genesis 18:16
  And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
• Genesis 18:20
  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,
• Genesis 18:22
  And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
• Genesis 18:26
  And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
• Genesis 19:1
  And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
• 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:Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
• Genesis 19:24
  Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
• Genesis 19:28
  And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 29:23
  And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
• Deuteronomy 32:32
  For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 1:9
  Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 1:10
  Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
• 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.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.
• Isaiah 13:19
  And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Jeremiah

• 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.And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
• Jeremiah 49:18
  As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
• Jeremiah 50:40
  As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 4:6
  For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 16:46
  And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
• Ezekiel 16:48
  As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
• 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.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.
• Ezekiel 16:53
  When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.
• Ezekiel 16:55
  When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.
• Ezekiel 16:56
  For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of your pride,
• Ezekiel 16:61
  Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

Amos

• Amos 4:11
  I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 2:9
  Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

Matthew

• Matthew 10:15
  Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
• Matthew 11:23
  And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
• Matthew 11:24
  But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

Mark

• Mark 6:11
  And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

Luke

• Luke 10:12
  But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
• Luke 17:29
  But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

Romans

• Romans 9:29
  And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:6
  And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
• 2 Peter 2:7
  And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

Jude

• 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.In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

Revelation

• Revelation 11:8
  And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.