Genesis 18:31
Abraham 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.”
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- Gen 18:27 : 27 Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),
- Matt 7:7 : 7 Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
- Matt 7:11 : 11 If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
- Luke 11:8 : 8 I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
- Luke 18:1 : 1 Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
- Eph 6:18 : 18 With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and petitions for all the saints.
- Heb 4:16 : 16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
- Heb 10:20-22 : 20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
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- Gen 18:19-3012 verses92%
19 I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.”
20 So the LORD said,“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant
21 that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”
22 The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.
23 Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked?
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?
25 Far 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?”
26 So the LORD replied,“If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),
28 what 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.”
29 Abraham spoke to him again,“What if forty are found there?” He replied,“I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
30 Then 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.”
- Gen 18:32-332 verses91%
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.”
33 The LORD went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.
- Gen 19:17-226 verses78%
17 When 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!”
18 But Lot said to them,“No, please, Lord!
19 Your 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.
20 Look, 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.
22 Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”(This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)
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17 Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
- Gen 18:2-32 verses70%
2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
3 He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.
- Gen 19:28-292 verses69%
28 He 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.
29 So 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.
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30 “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.
- Gen 19:7-82 verses68%
7 He said,“No, my brothers! Don’t act so wickedly!
8 Look, 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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17 Gideon said to him,“If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.
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13 because 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.”
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11 Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
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12 He prayed,“O LORD, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.
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25 Moses’ Plea on Behalf of God’s Reputation I lay flat on the ground before the LORD for forty days and nights, for he had said he would destroy you.
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20 You must also say,‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought,“I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”
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9 Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”
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49 Now, 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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4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said,“Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?
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3 Maybe they will pay attention and each of them will stop living the evil way they do. If they do that, then I will forgo destroying them as I had intended to do because of the wicked things they have been doing.
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11 Should 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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9 If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.
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39 But I said to my master,‘What if the woman does not want to go with me?’
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14 Then the LORD relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
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8 But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.
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2 He said,“Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.”“No,” they replied,“we’ll spend the night in the town square.”