Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife, who was lagging behind, looked back, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
In Context
27Abraham got up early the next morning and went back to where he had stood before the Lord.
Cross References
Numbers 16:38Have the incense burners of those who sinned at the expense of their own lives hammered into metal sheets as a covering for the altar, because they were offered before the Lord, and so have become holy. They will be a reminder to Israelites of what happened.”
Luke 17:31If you're up on the roof that day don't go down and get your things; and if you're out in the fields don't go back home either.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:25-26
Here is, I. The rescue of Lot out of Sodom. Though there were not ten righteous men in Sodom, for whose sakes it might be spared, yet that one righteous man that was among them delivered his own soul, Ezek. xiv. 14 . Early in the morning his own guests, in kindness to him, turned him out of doors, and his family with him, v. 15 . His daughters that were married perished with their unbelieving husbands; but those that continued with him were preserved with him. Observe, 1. With what a gracious violence Lot was… Read the whole commentary →