Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

General references

Bible References

Which art

Luke 14:11
for he that exalteth himself, shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
2 Peter 2:4
for since God did not spare the angels, who had sinned, but having precipitated them to hell, confin'd them to chains of darkness, where they are reserv'd for judgment:

In sodom

Jude 1:7
so it was with Sodom, Gomorrha, and the neighbouring cities, who abandoning themselves to the same licentiousness and abominable passions, were made examples by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 11:8
their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which in the mystical stile is called Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord was crucified.

General references

Luke 17:29
but the very day that Lot went out of Sodom, a storm of lightning and thunder fell from heaven and destroy'd them all.
John 4:30
so they went out of the city, and came to him.
John 10:37
if I do not the works of my father, believe me not.