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any location known for vice and corruption

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(Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants

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What if only ten can be found?' And Yahweh answered, 'For the sake of the ten good people I will not destroy Sodom.'
The Malham Cave's main outlet yawns not far from a salt pillar named "Lot's Wife," after the biblical character petrified for looking back at the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Mount Sodom is essentially a huge salt block covered by a thin but resilient layer of cap rock.
Among the plants classified by HAAD include the Al Ashkhar; known commonly as Sodom's Apple or the Rubberbush, the whole plant is toxic and can lead to blisters, lesions and eruptions when touched, as well as corneal damage.
For Bale, it was priestly celibacy that was most damning, as "Sodom's sins were made up of sex outside marriage" in all its forms, with sex between men being only one type of sin against the seventh commandment (39).
Peter refers to the destruction of Sodom as a "warning to future sinners" (2 Pet 2:6).
The something behold -of it, it Sodom Dr Stephen "But we were there for a specific reason, to help with diphtheria, which really helped."
Amber Dawn's Sodom Road Exit combines supernatural erotic tension with the power of love, community, and acceptance, all set against former funhouse glory.
But from the Bible, we learned how God sent two angels to rescue Lot and his family before He rained fire to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.
The name Gomorrah comes from one of the two Canaanite cities of Sodom and Gomorrah whose destruction is recorded in the Bible...
My wife recently sent me an email with the subject line "Sodom." It linked to a news report headlined, "Serbian police: You are not allowed to feed the refugees!"
Sodom apple (Solanum incanum) plants are readily available in tropical and subtropical areas growing naturally as shrubs in open fields, along the roads or as weeds.
In an effort to do so, our discussion will temporarily veer towards the story of the infamous twin cities, Sodom and Gomorrah, with an eventual return to the anti-hybridization laws.
Caught between her culture and freedom, and tormented by impossible love, she abandons all she has known in a dangerous quest to follow the "Angels." With only her beloved dog, Nami, at her side, Adira must use all the skills she learned from her father to survive the perils of the desert, Sodom, and her own heart.
recogLaing Art Gallery contributes one of its own famous works to the show: the apocalyptic painting The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by John Martin, which apparently caused Victorian ladies to faint on first sight of its swirling, terrifying, red flames.