Genesis 19:7
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Cross-references
Genesis 19:4 describes the mob surrounding the house, setting up Lot's plea in 19:7.
Leviticus 18:22 labels such acts as detestable, confirming Lot's moral judgment of 'wicked.'
Leviticus 20:13 prescribes death for this sin, underscoring the gravity of the act Lot calls wicked.
In Judges 19:23, the old man of Gibeah makes the identical plea against attempted gang rape — a deliberate literary echo of Lot's encounter with Sodom.
1 Cor 6:9-10 lists sins that exclude from God's kingdom, including homosexual practice, directly echoing the wickedness of Sodom. V.11 adds: 'but you were washed.'
Jude 1:7 explicitly cites Sodom and Gomorrah as examples of pursuing unnatural desire, confirming the wickedness Lot confronted and linking it to divine judgment.
In 2 Peter 2:7, Peter explicitly cites Lot's righteous distress over Sodom's lawless conduct as an example of deliverance.
Romans 1:24 describes God giving people over to degrading passions — the spiritual reality behind the depravity Lot witnessed and pleaded against in Sodom.