Luke 17:32 · KJV
“Remember Lot's wife.”
— Luke 17:32
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.
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Luke 17 — Context
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
31In 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.
32Remember Lot's wife.
33Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
34I tell you, in that night there shall be two {men} in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Cross References
Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Hebrews 10:38-39
Now the just shall live by faith: but if {any man} draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
2 Peter 2:18-22
For when they speak great swelling {words} of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, {through much} wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. {clean: or, for a little, or, a while, as some read}
1 Corinthians 10:6-12
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. {our...: Gr. our figures}
Genesis 19:17
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.