Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Cross-reference
Genesis 4:10 declares Abel's blood cries out from the ground — same pattern: sin generates an outcry that reaches God and demands divine response.
Genesis 13:13 establishes Sodom's wickedness earlier in the narrative, providing the backstory for the outcry that now reaches God's attention.
Genesis 19:13 is the direct sequel: the angels declare they've come to destroy Sodom because its outcry is great — the judgment announced after 18:20's divine awareness.
Genesis 6:5 describes the same pattern: human wickedness so grievous it compels God to take notice and act, just as Sodom's sin does here.
Genesis 19:4 reveals the specific depravity — every male in Sodom surrounding Lot's house — confirming the grievous sin behind the outcry.
In Isaiah 3:9, Judah is condemned for parading their sin 'like Sodom,' invoking the same grievous wickedness that generated the outcry here.
In James 5:4, unpaid workers' cries reach God's ears — same pattern: injustice against people generates an outcry that ascends to divine attention.
In Exodus 2:23, Israel's cries of oppression rise to God just as the outcry against Sodom does — both prompting God to intervene decisively.
Jeremiah 23:14 compares Jerusalem's corrupt prophets to Sodom, applying the same judgment language — Sodom becomes a benchmark for moral outrage.
Ezekiel 16:49 specifies Sodom's sin as arrogance and neglect of the poor — filling in what this verse calls 'grievous' with concrete detail.
Ezekiel 16:50 adds that Sodom committed 'detestable things' and confirms God destroyed them — elaborating the judgment implied here.
Jonah 1:2 echoes this verse's structure: a city's wickedness 'comes up before' God, prompting divine investigation and action against it.
Revelation 18:5 describes Babylon's sins 'piled up to heaven' — echoing how Sodom's grievous sins cried out and reached God, triggering divine judgment.
In Luke 17:28, Jesus references Lot's Sodom — the city whose outcry provoked God to investigate — as a warning example of judgment overtaking those absorbed in everyday life.
Ezekiel 16:46 calls Sodom Jerusalem's 'sister,' setting up a comparison where Jerusalem's sin is measured against Sodom's infamous wickedness.