26But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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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. …
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.
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
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.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26)This also is written for our admonitio 4619 n. Our Saviour refers to it (Luke 17:32), Remember Lot’s wife . As by the example of Sodom the wicked are warned to turn from their wickedness, so by the example of Lot’s wife the righteous are warned not to turn from their righteousness. See Ezek. 3:18 , 20 . We have here, I. The sin of Lot’s wife: She looked back from behind him . This seemed a small t…
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