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Selected Verse: Genesis 19:26 - Strong Concordance

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Ge 19:26 Strong Concordance But his wife [0802] looked back [05027] from behind him [0310], and she became a pillar [05333] of salt [04417].
  King James But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Lot was accompanied by his wife and two daughters. But whether it was from irresistible curiosity or perturbation of feeling, or that she was about to return to save something, his wife lingered, and while thus disobeying the parting counsel, "to look not back, nor stay in all the plain" [Gen 19:17], the torrent of liquid lava enveloped her so that she became the victim of her supine indolence or sinful rashness.
 
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17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth [03318] abroad [02351], that he said [0559], Escape [04422] for [05921] thy life [05315]; look [05027] not behind thee [0310], neither stay [05975] thou in all the plain [03603]; escape [04422] to the mountain [02022], lest thou be consumed [05595].
17 And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Shall I hide [03680] from Abraham [085] that thing which [0834] I do [06213];
28 And he looked [08259] toward [06440] Sodom [05467] and Gomorrah [06017], and toward [06440] all the land [0776] of the plain [03603], and beheld [07200], and, lo, the smoke [07008] of the country [0776] went up [05927] as the smoke [07008] of a furnace [03536].
27 And Abraham [085] gat up early [07925] in the morning [01242] to the place [04725] where he stood [05975] before [06440] the LORD [03068]:
32 Remember [3421] Lot's [3091] wife [1135].
31 In [1722] that [1565] day [2250], he which [3739] shall be [2071] upon [1909] the housetop [1430], and [2532] his [846] stuff [4632] in [1722] the house [3614], let [2597] him not [3361] come down [2597] to take [142] it [846] away [142]: and [2532] he that is in [1722] the field [68], let him [1994] likewise [3668] not [3361] return [1994] back [1519] [3694].
32 Remember [3421] Lot's [3091] wife [1135].
31 In [1722] that [1565] day [2250], he which [3739] shall be [2071] upon [1909] the housetop [1430], and [2532] his [846] stuff [4632] in [1722] the house [3614], let [2597] him not [3361] come down [2597] to take [142] it [846] away [142]: and [2532] he that is in [1722] the field [68], let him [1994] likewise [3668] not [3361] return [1994] back [1519] [3694].
32 Remember [3421] Lot's [3091] wife [1135].
32 Remember [3421] Lot's [3091] wife [1135].
19 All the heave offerings [08641] of the holy things [06944], which the children [01121] of Israel [03478] offer [07311] unto the LORD [03068], have I given [05414] thee, and thy sons [01121] and thy daughters [01323] with thee, by a statute [02706] for ever [05769]: it is a covenant [01285] of salt [04417] for ever [05769] before [06440] the LORD [03068] unto thee and to thy seed [02233] with thee.