Genesis 18:24
What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?
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- Isa 1:9 : 9 If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly been like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
- Jer 5:1 : 1 Judah is Justly Deserving of Coming Judgment The LORD said,“Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.
- Matt 7:13-14 : 13 The Narrow Gate“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and there are few who find it!
- Acts 27:24 : 24 and said,‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’
- Gen 18:32 : 32 Finally Abraham said,“May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied,“I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
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- Gen 18:25-328 verses91%
25Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
26So the LORD replied,“If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),
28what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?” He replied,“I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
29Abraham spoke to him again,“What if forty are found there?” He replied,“I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
30Then Abraham said,“May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?” He replied,“I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31Abraham said,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied,“I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”
32Finally Abraham said,“May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied,“I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
- Gen 18:20-234 verses89%
20So the LORD said,“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant
21that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”
22The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.
23Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked?
- Gen 19:15-217 verses74%
15At dawn the angels hurried Lot along, saying,“Get going! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or else you will be destroyed when the city is judged!”
16When Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the LORD had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city.
17When they had brought them outside, they said,“Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!”
18But Lot said to them,“No, please, Lord!
19Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I’ll die.
20Look, this town over here is close enough to escape to, and it’s just a little one. Let me go there. It’s just a little place, isn’t it? Then I’ll survive.”
21“Very well,” he replied,“I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.
- Gen 18:16-183 verses73%
16Abraham Pleads for Sodom When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom.(Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)
17Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
18After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.
- Gen 19:28-292 verses72%
28He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
29So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.
- Gen 19:7-82 verses70%
7He said,“No, my brothers! Don’t act so wickedly!
8Look, I have two daughters who have never been intimate with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever you please. Only don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
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4Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said,“Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?
- Gen 19:12-132 verses69%
12Then the two visitors said to Lot,“Who else do you have here? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city? Get them out of this place
13because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the LORD that he has sent us to destroy it.”
- Gen 19:24-252 verses69%
24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the LORD.
25So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.
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8(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)
- 2 Pet 2:5-62 verses68%
5and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,
6and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,
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49Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way.”
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11Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!”
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5“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,
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24But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”
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9Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go to the left, then I’ll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”
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40I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.
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18And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?
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8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
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3He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.
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15I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!
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29but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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1Judah is Justly Deserving of Coming Judgment The LORD said,“Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.
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23The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.