Genesis 18:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not lose heart;
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • 1 Cor 15:47-48 : 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.
  • 2 Cor 5:1-2 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our dwelling which is from heaven:
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
  • Luke 5:8 : 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
  • Gen 18:30-32 : 30 And 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. 31 And 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. 32 And 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.
  • Ezra 9:6 : 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass has grown up to the heavens.
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How much less in those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?
  • Job 30:19 : 19 He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
  • Job 42:6-8 : 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 7 And it was so, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My anger is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. 8 Therefore take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering, and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your foolishness, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.
  • Ps 8:4 : 4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man, that you visit him?
  • Ps 144:3 : 3 LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that you make account of him!
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

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    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.

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    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.

    23And Abraham drew near and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

    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.

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    6Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

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    24And Abraham said, I will swear.

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