Genesis 19:26

¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

But his wife {H802} looked back {H5027} from behind him {H310}, and she became a pillar {H5333} of salt {H4417}.

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a column of salt.

But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 17:31 (9 votes)

    In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

  • Luke 17:32 (9 votes)

    Remember Lot's wife.

  • Genesis 19:17 (8 votes)

    And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

  • Proverbs 14:14 (5 votes)

    ¶ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

  • Hebrews 10:38 (5 votes)

    Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

  • Numbers 16:38 (2 votes)

    The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates [for] a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.