Genesis 18:25

Bishops' Bible (1568)

That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?

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  • Deut 32:4 : 4 Perfect is the worke of the most mightie God, for all his wayes are iudgement: He is a God of trueth, without wickednesse, righteous and iust is he.
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull? or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right?
  • Job 8:20 : 20 Beholde, God will not cast away a vertuous man, neither wil he helpe the vngodly.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say to the ryghteous that it shall go well with them: for they shall eate the fruite of their owne studies. 11 But wo be vnto the wicked, for it shalbe euyll with hym: for he shalbe rewarded after his owne workes.
  • Ps 58:11 : 11 And euery man shall say, veryly there is a rewarde for the righteous: doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.
  • Ps 94:2 : 2 Be exalted O thou iudge of the world: and rewarde the proude after their deseruyng.
  • Ps 98:9 : 9 For he commeth to iudge the earth: he wyll iudge the worlde accordyng to iustice, & the people accordyng to equitie.
  • Eccl 7:15 : 15 All thinges haue I considered in the time of my vanitie: that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnesse sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.
  • Eccl 8:12-13 : 12 Because an euyll person offendeth an hundred tymes, and God deferreth, geuing hym long life, therefore am I sure that it shall go well with them that feare God, whiche haue hym before their eyes. 13 Againe, as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him, neither shall he prolong his dayes: but euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth not God.
  • Job 9:22-23 : 22 This is one poynt, and therefore I sayd, He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly. 23 And though he slay sodaynly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.
  • Job 34:17-19 : 17 May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly? 18 Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes? 19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.
  • Ps 11:5-7 : 5 God wyll trye the righteous: but his soule abhorreth the vngodly, and hym that delighteth in wickednes. 6 Upon ye vngodly he wyl rayne snares, fire and brimstone: and tempestious stormes shalbe their portion to drinke. 7 For God most righteous, loueth righteousnes: his countenaunce wyll beholde the iust.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The ryghteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart: good godly people are taken away, & no man considereth it, namely, that the righteous is conueyed away from the wicked. 2 He commeth into peace, and godly men rest in their chaumbers, and before the godly man goeth peace.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse,
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye returne, and discerne betweene the iust and the wicked, betweene him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not.
  • John 5:22-27 : 22 Neither iudgeth the father any man: but hath committed all iudgement vnto the sonne, 23 Because that all men shoulde honour the sonne, euen as they honour the father. He that honoureth not the sonne, the same honoureth not ye father which hath sent hym. 24 Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, he that heareth my worde, and beleueth on him that sent me, hath euerlastyng lyfe, and shall not come into dampnation, but is escaped from death vnto lyfe. 25 Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, the houre shall come, and nowe is, when the dead shall heare the voyce of the sonne of God: And they that heare, shall lyue. 26 For as the father hath lyfe in hym selfe: so lykewyse hath he geuen to the sonne, to haue lyfe in hym selfe: 27 And hath geuen hym power also to iudge, because he is the sonne of man.
  • Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But yf our vnrighteousnes setteth foorth the righteousnes of God, what shall we saye? Is God vnryghteous which taketh vengeaunce? I speake after the maner of men, 6 God forbyd. For howe then shall God iudge the worlde?
  • 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe, that euery man may receaue the workes of his bodie according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

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  • Gen 18:20-24
    5 verses
    86%

    20And the lorde saide: because the crye of Sodome and Gomorrhe is great, and because their sinne is exceding greeuous:

    21I wyll go downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether accordyng to that crye whiche is come vnto me: and yf not, I wyll knowe.

    22And the men departed thence, & went to Sodomeward: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lorde.

    23And Abraham drewe neare, and said: Wylt thou also destroye the righteous with the wicked?

    24If there be fiftie ryghteous within the citie, wylt thou destroye and not spare the place for the sake of fiftie ryghteous that are therein?

  • 26And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome fiftie ryghteous within the citie, I wyll spare all the place for their sakes.

  • Gen 18:28-32
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    28If there shall lacke fiue of fiftie ryghteous, wylt thou destroy all the citie for lacke of fiue? And he saide: If I fynde there fourtie and fiue I wyl not destroy them.

    29And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne, and sayde: What yf there shall be fourtie founde there? He aunswered: I wyll not do it for fourties sake.

    30He sayde vnto hym agayne: O let not my lord be angry that I speake: What yf there shall thirtie be founde there? And he sayde: I wyll do nothyng yf I fynde thirtie there.

    31He sayde agayne: O see I haue taken vppon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lord: What if there shalbe twentie founde there? He aunswered, I wyll not destroy them for twenties sake.

    32And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, and I wyll speake yet but this once: What if ten shalbe found there? He aunswered, I wil not destroy them for tennes sake.

  • 17And the Lorde sayde: shall I hyde from Abraham that thing which I do.

  • 7Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: for I wyll not iustifie the wicked.

  • Job 34:17-18
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    17May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly?

    18Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes?

  • 12Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly, neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement.

  • 5But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:

  • 8Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

  • 3Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull? or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right?

  • 10Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding: farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse, & farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing.

  • 7And sayde: Nay, for Gods sake brethren, do not so wickedly.

  • 1O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse,

  • 23For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should enter into iudgement with him.

  • 4But Abimelech had not yet touched her: and he sayde, Lorde wylt thou slay ryghteous people?

  • 6God forbyd. For howe then shall God iudge the worlde?

  • 5It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.

  • Gen 19:17-18
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    17And when he had brought them out, he sayde: Saue thy selfe, and loke not behynde thee, neither tary thou in all this playne countrey Saue thy selfe in the mountaine, lest thou perishe.

    18And Lot sayde vnto them: Oh not so my Lordes.

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    23For haue I any pleasure in the death of a sinner saith the Lorde God? shall he not liue if he returne from his wayes?

    24Agayne, if the righteous turne from his righteousnesse, and do iniquitie, and shall do according to all the abominations that the wicked man doth: shall he liue? All the righteousnesse that he hath done shall not be remembred, but in his transgression that he hath committed, in his sinne that he hath sinned, in them he shall dye.

    25And yet ye say, the way of the Lorde is not indifferent. Heare therefore ye house of Israel, is not my way equall? or are not your wayes rather vnequall?

  • 3Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous? or shall it profite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect?

  • 1If there be strife betweene men, they shall come vnto the lawe, and let the Iudges geue sentence betwene them: and iustifie the righteous, & condemne the vngodly.

  • 8For he beyng ryghteous, & dwellyng among them, in seyng and hearyng, vexed his ryghteous soule from daye to daye with their vnlawfull deedes.

  • 23Howe all the lande is burnt vp with brimstone and salt, and that it is neither sowen, nor beareth, nor any grasse groweth therin, lyke as in the place of ye ouerthrowyng of Sodome, Gomor, Adama, and Zeboim, which the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger.

  • 26Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly.

  • 15The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.

  • 2Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest, I am more righteous then God?

  • 4Therfore the law is dissolued, & iudgement doth neuer go foorth: for the wicked doth compasse about the righteous, therfore wrong iudgement proceedeth.

  • 9Is not the whole lande before thee? Seperate thy selfe I pray thee from me: yf thou wilt take the left hande, I wyll go to the ryght: or yf thou depart to the ryght hande, I wyll go to the left.

  • 7Consider I pray thee who euer perished beyng an innocent? or when were the godly destroyed?

  • 21And he sayde to hym: See, I haue receaued thy request as concernyng this thing, that I wyll not ouerthrowe this citie for the whiche thou hast spoken.

  • 3Thinkest thou this, O thou man that iudgest them whiche do such thynges, and doest the same thy selfe that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God?

  • 24He that saith to the vngodly thou art righteous, hym shall the people curse, yea the comminaltie shall abhorre him:

  • 32Then hearken thou in heauen, and do and iudge thy seruauntes, that thou condemne the vngodly, to bring his way vpon his head: and iustifie the righteous, to geue him according to his righteousnesse.