Genesis 18:23
And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?
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- Num 16:22 : 22 Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?
- 2 Sam 24:17 : 17 And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.
- Gen 20:4 : 4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?
- Ps 11:4-7 : 4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men. 5 The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts. 6 On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full. 7 For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.
- Ps 73:28 : 28 But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.
- Jer 30:21 : 21 And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.
- Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)? 6 In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world?
- Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
- Jas 5:17 : 17 Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.
- Job 8:3 : 3 Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?
- Job 34:17 : 17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
- Gen 18:25 : 25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 18:24-3310 verses89%
24 If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?
25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
26 And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.
27 And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
28 If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.
29 And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty.
30 And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.
31 And he said, See now, I have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: what if there are twenty there? And he said, I will have mercy because of the twenty.
32 And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.
33 And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.
- Gen 18:20-223 verses85%
20 And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,
21 I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.
22 And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.
- Gen 18:16-183 verses77%
16 And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.
17 And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;
18 Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?
- Gen 19:27-293 verses74%
27 And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had been talking with the Lord:
28 And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.
29 So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.
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21 And he said, See, I have given you your request in this one thing more: I will not send destruction on this town.
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4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?
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7 And he said, My brothers, do not this evil.
- Gen 19:17-182 verses72%
17 And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.
18 And Lot said to them, Not so, O my Lord;
- Gen 13:12-132 verses72%
12 Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.
13 Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
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3 And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:
- Gen 20:10-112 verses71%
10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?
11 And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.
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18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!
- Gen 19:12-132 verses70%
12 Then the men said to Lot, Are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place;
13 For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.
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1 Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
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7 And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers
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3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,
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9 And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.
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5 And in answer the children of Heth said to Abraham,
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9 Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.
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21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.
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24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.
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25 And he sent destruction on those towns, with all the lowland and all the people of those towns and every green thing in the land.
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1 And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.