Genesis 19:26 (WEB)
But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Fathers and councils · 11
Tertullian
“Lot, withal, the brother of Abraham, proves that it was for the merits of righteousness, without observance of the law, that he was freed from the conflagration of the Sodomites.” — editor's note: See Gen. xix. 1–29; and comp. 2 Pet. ii. 6–9.
Read the whole comment“For it calls your rulers “rulers of Sodom,” and your people the “people of Gomorrha,” when those cities had already long been extinct.” — editor's note: See Gen. xix. 23–29.
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Ambrose of Milan
“When you have gone forth, take care not to look back, remembering Lot’s wife, who lost her very nature because she looked back at what was unchaste, though with chaste eyes.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 26.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And, finally, Lot’s wife, who, when she was delivered, looked back in defiance of the commandment, lost the benefit of her escape.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 26.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For she became a statue of salt, in order that by considering her men might be seasoned, might have sense, might not be infatuated, might not look back, lest by giving a bad example they should themselves remain and season others.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 26.
Read the whole comment“For she “looked behind;” and in the spot where she looked behind, there did she remain.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 26.
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Jerome
“My purpose is to show you that you are fleeing from Sodom and should take warning by Lot’s wife.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 26.
Read the whole comment“So of old Lot desired to rescue his wife as well as his two daughters, and refusing to leave blazing Sodom and Gomorrah until he was himself half-on-fire, tried to lead forth one who was tied and bound by her past sins.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 15–26.
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Basil the Great
“Yet I do not repent of my first impulse; my soul does not hang back from the purpose of a godly life as you have feared for me, nobly and becomingly doing everything in your power, lest, like the woman of whom I have heard the story, I should turn back and become a pillar of salt.” — editor's note: cf. Gen. xix. 26.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And let no one turn to the things behind, like Lot’s wife, all the more so that the Lord hath said, “No man, having put his hand to the plough, and turning back, is fit for the kingdom of heaven.”” — editor's note: Phil. iii. 13; Gen. xix. 26; Luke ix. 62
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Snatch your soul away from the world; flee from Sodom; flee from the burning; travel on without turning back, lest you should be fixed as a pillar of salt.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 26.
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Cross-references · 15
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Cited together in Letters Letter 150.
Cited together in Letters Letter 150.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins II.4.