But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.GENESIS 19:26+Departing from God's CommandLot's wife is held up to us as an example by Christ's teaching, for He refers to her ...  Read More

The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven.GENESIS 19:23-24+Salvation and DestructionLet us comfort ou...  Read More

He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken."GENESIS 19:22+The Will of GodIt was God's will that the city of Zoar should be destro...  Read More

[Lot said,] "I cannot escape to the hills, lest disaster overtake me and I die. Behold, this city is near enough to flee to. . .. Let me escape there."GENESIS 19:19-20+A Sincere PrayerThis account ser...  Read More

"Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away."GENESIS 19:17+Do Not Look BackThis, too, serves for our instruction; for whenever y...  Read More

But [Lot] lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.GENESIS 19:16+Unwise Del...  Read More

As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city."GENESIS 19:15+The Just Punishment of Sin...  Read More

"The LORD has sent us to destroy [this place]."GENESIS 19:13+The Power of AngelsIt is profitable to know these facts; they serve to comfort the godly but to frighten the ungodly. For we who believe mu...  Read More

Then the men said to Lot, "Have you anyone else here? . . . Bring them out of the place. For we are about to destroy this place."GENESIS 19:12-13+For the Sake of BelieversLot, having been commanded by...  Read More

The men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door. And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house.GENESIS 19:10-11+Heavenly Prote...  Read More

"This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge!"... [The men of Sodom] pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down.GENESIS 19:9+The Rage of SatanGod does not affl...  Read More

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom.GENESIS 19:1+Sitting in the GateGod has put the ministry of the Word into this world, not that the ministers shoul...  Read More