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Gen 18:20 — And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the cry		Gen 4:10; Gen 19:13; Isa 3:9; Isa 5:7; Jer 14:7; Jam 5:4
sin		Gen 13:13

Correlating Passages

the cry

	Gen 4:10	And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
	Gen 19:13	For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
	Isa 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.
	Isa 5:7	For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
	Jer 14:7	O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
	Jam 5:4	Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

sin

Gen 13:13

But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 18:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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