Genesis 19:20

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Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared."

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  • Ps 119:175 : 175 Let my soul live, and it will praise You, and let Your judgments help me.
  • Prov 3:5-7 : 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear and come to me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has done it?
  • Gen 12:13 : 13 Please say that you are my sister, so that it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared because of you."
  • Gen 19:30 : 30 Lot left Zoar and went up into the mountains with his two daughters because he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.

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    15With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished."

    16When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand, the hands of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.

    17As 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!"

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

    19"Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me by sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.

  • Gen 19:21-22
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    21He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

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    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.'

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

    30Then 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.'

    31Abraham 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.'

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  • Gen 18:24-26
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    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?'

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    20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

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    13Please say that you are my sister, so that it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared because of you."

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