Lot's wife
Backward glance's consequence
Lot's wife is a biblical figure who looked back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah despite divine warning and was turned into a pillar of salt.
The phrase often alludes to someone who dwells on the past or can't let go: Don't be like Lot's wife—stop looking back and move forward.
Destroyed city of vice
- GomorrahAncient symbol of depravity
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- pillar of saltBiblical backward glance
- AbrahamFirst Hebrew patriarch
angels · destruction · escape · Dead Sea · sulfur · brimstone · wickedness · flee
Story illustrating consequences
- exampleRepresentative case shown
- lessonUnit of teaching
- omenProphetic indicator
- admonitionMild verbal correction
heed · moral · parable · reminder · consequence · obedience · fate · vigilance
Upright architectural support
- saltSodium chloride compound
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- petrificationBecoming rock-like
- instantaneousHappening without any delay
permanent · monument · solidified · crystallized · frozen · immobilized · preserved · calcified
Recalling what happened before
- forbiddenNot allowed
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- curiosityDesire to learn
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
transgression · command · warning · consequence · regret · longing · attachment · hesitation
Longing for the past
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- pastTime already gone
- lossBeing without something
- separationState of being apart
home · worldliness · materialism · letting go · moving forward · dwelling · memory · longing
Sodom
Destroyed city of vice
- GomorrahAncient symbol of depravity
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- pillar of saltBiblical backward glance
Abraham · angels · destruction · escape · Dead Sea · sulfur · brimstone · wickedness · flee · plain
cautionary tale
Story illustrating consequences
admonition · heed · moral · parable · reminder · consequence · obedience · fate · vigilance · foreshadowing
pillar
Upright architectural support
- saltSodium chloride compound
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- petrificationBecoming rock-like
instantaneous · permanent · monument · solidified · crystallized · frozen · immobilized · preserved · calcified · figure
looking back
Recalling what happened before
- forbiddenNot allowed
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- curiosityDesire to learn
defiance · transgression · command · warning · consequence · regret · longing · attachment · hesitation · backward glance
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- pastTime already gone
- lossBeing without something
separation · home · worldliness · materialism · letting go · moving forward · dwelling · memory · longing · reluctance
- Bible StoriesAdam and Eve, David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity
- Biblical WomenEve, Mary, Ruth, Sarah, Rachel
- cautionary talesIcarus, Prometheus, Faust, Dr. Faustus, Pandora
- StatuesStatue of Liberty, David, The Thinker, Venus de Milo, Christ the Redeemer
- biblical punishmentsplagues, stoning, banishment, pestilence, destruction