Genesis 18:17

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Then the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'

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  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing His secret to His servants, the prophets.
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret counsel of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.
  • John 15:15 : 15 I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know what his master is doing. Instead, I have called you friends because everything I heard from my Father I have made known to you.
  • Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came to push her away, but the man of God said, 'Leave her alone! She is deeply troubled, but the LORD has hidden the reason from me and has not told me.'
  • 2 Chr 20:7 : 7 'Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham, your friend?'
  • Jas 2:23 : 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,' and he was called a friend of God.

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  • Gen 18:18-33
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    18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.

    19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what He has promised him.

    20 Then the LORD said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave.

    21 'I will go down now and see if what they have done matches the outcry that has come to Me. If not, I will know.'

    22 The men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.

    23 Then Abraham approached Him and said, 'Will You sweep away the righteous with the wicked?'

    24 'Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city. Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are there?'

    25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'

    26 The LORD replied, 'If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the entire place for their sake.'

    27 Then Abraham answered, 'I have ventured to speak to the Lord, though I am but dust and ashes.

    28 'Suppose the fifty righteous people lack five. Will You destroy the entire city for lack of five?' He replied, 'If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.'

    29 Once again Abraham spoke to Him, 'What if forty are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of forty, I will not do it.'

    30 Then Abraham said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if thirty are found there?' He replied, 'I will not do it if I find thirty there.'

    31 Abraham said, 'Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there.' He answered, 'For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.'

    32 Finally, he said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if ten are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.'

    33 When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned to his place.

  • Gen 18:15-16
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    15 But Sarah denied it, saying, 'I did not laugh,' because she was afraid. But He replied, 'No, you did laugh.'

    16 When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off.

  • 1 Sam 3:17-18
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    17 Eli asked, "What was it that he said to you? Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you severely if you hide from me anything he told you."

    18 So Samuel told him everything and did not hide anything from him. Eli said, "He is the Lord; let him do what he thinks is best."

  • Gen 18:13
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    13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”'

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    2 I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will greatly multiply you.

    3 Abram fell facedown, and God spoke with him, saying,

  • Gen 12:1
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    1 The Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your land, your birthplace, and your father's household to the land that I will show you."

  • Gen 18:1-3
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    1 The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of the tent during the heat of the day.

    2 Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.

    3 He said, 'My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass by Your servant.'

  • Gen 20:10-11
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    10 And Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What was your reason for doing this?'

    11 Abraham replied, 'I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

  • Gen 13:14
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    14 The LORD said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look to the north, south, east, and west.

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    27 Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

    28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the entire plain, and he saw that smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

  • Gen 12:18
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    18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?"

  • Gen 22:1
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    1 After these events, God tested Abraham and said to him, 'Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Gen 22:16
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    16 and said, 'By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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    20 Only grant me these two things, so that I will not hide myself from You:

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    15 Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

  • Gen 17:17-18
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    17 Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"

    18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"

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    1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, and your reward will be very great."

  • Gen 19:17-18
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    17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!"

    18 But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please!"

  • Gen 19:21
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    21 He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

  • Gen 22:11
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    11 But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, 'Abraham! Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'

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    17 Arise, walk through the land, its length and its breadth, for I will give it to you.

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    2 The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Stay in the land that I will show you.

    3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

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    22 When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God ascended from him.