Genesis 18:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Abraham drew near and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

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  • Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will You be angry with all the congregation?
  • 2 Sam 24:17 : 17 And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let Your hand, I pray You, be against me, and against my father's house.
  • Gen 20:4 : 4 But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation?
  • Ps 11:4-7 : 4 The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the children of men. 5 The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. 6 Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.
  • Ps 73:28 : 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all Your works.
  • Jer 30:21 : 21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall come from among them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach me: for who is he who devoted his heart to approach me? says the LORD.
  • Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man) 6 Certainly not: for then how will God judge the world?
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Jas 5:17 : 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Does God pervert judgment, or does the Almighty pervert justice?
  • Job 34:17 : 17 Shall even he who hates justice govern? And will you condemn Him who is most just?
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 18:24-33
    10 verses
    89%

    24Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are within it?

    25Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

    26And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

    27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

    28Suppose there should lack five of the fifty righteous; will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.

    29And he spoke to him yet again and said, Suppose there should be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the sake of forty.

    30And he said to him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak; suppose thirty should be found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

    31And he said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.

    32And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once; suppose ten should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.

    33And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

  • Gen 18:20-22
    3 verses
    85%

    20And the LORD said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grievous,

    21I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to me; and if not, I will know.

    22And the men turned their faces from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

  • Gen 18:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

    17And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing;

    18Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

  • Gen 19:27-29
    3 verses
    74%

    27And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he stood before the LORD.

    28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.

    29And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the upheaval, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

  • Gen 19:21
    73%

    21And he said to him, See, I have accepted you in this matter also, that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.

  • Gen 20:4
    73%

    4But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation?

  • Gen 19:7
    73%

    7And said, I pray you, brothers, do not do so wickedly.

  • Gen 19:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17And it came to pass, when they had brought them out, that he said, Escape for your life; do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the plain; escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed.

    18And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my Lord.

  • Gen 13:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

    13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

  • Gen 18:3
    71%

    3And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, do not pass away, I pray you, from your servant.

  • Gen 20:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see, that you have done this thing?

    11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

  • Gen 17:18
    70%

    18And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before you!

  • Gen 19:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12And the men said to Lot, Do you have anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and anyone you have in the city, bring them out of this place.

    13For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.

  • Gen 22:1
    70%

    1And it happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

  • 2 Pet 2:7
    70%

    7And delivered righteous Lot, who was distressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked:

  • Gen 17:3
    70%

    3And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

  • Gen 19:9
    69%

    9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one came here to stay, and he will act as a judge: now we will deal worse with you than with them. And they pressed hard against Lot, and came near to break the door.

  • Gen 23:5
    69%

    5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

  • Gen 13:9
    69%

    9Is not the whole land before you? separate yourself, I pray you, from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

  • Gen 14:21
    69%

    21And the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and take the goods for yourself."

  • Gen 21:24
    69%

    24And Abraham said, I will swear.

  • Gen 19:25
    69%

    25And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

  • Gen 19:1
    69%

    1And two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the ground.