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.

Bible References

Which art

Isaiah 14:13
You said to yourself, "I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon.
Lamentations 2:1
(Alef) Alas! The Lord has covered Daughter Zion with his anger. He has thrown down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he did not protect his temple when he displayed his anger.
Ezekiel 28:12
"Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I threw it down to Sheol, along with those who descend to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the best of Lebanon, all that were well-watered, were comforted in the earth below.
Obadiah 1:4
Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!" says the Lord.
Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,

In sodom

Genesis 13:13
(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.)
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:48
As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved.
Jude 1:7
So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 11:8
Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified.

General references

Genesis 19:5
They shouted to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!"
Luke 17:29
but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
John 4:30
So they left the town and began coming to him.
John 10:37
If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

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