Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you then sweep away the place and not forgive it for the fifty righteous who are in it?
Genesis 18:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then Abraham came near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Abraham came close and said, Will You destroy the righteous (those upright and in right standing with God) together with the wicked? American Standard Version (1901) And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? Common English Bible Abraham approached and said, “Will you really sweep away the innocent with the guilty? Catholic Public Domain Version And as they drew near, he said: "Will you destroy the just with the impious? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked? |
Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you then sweep away the place and not forgive it for the fifty righteous who are in it?
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent people?
When David saw the angel who was destroying the people, he said to the Lord, “I alone have sinned, and I, the shepherd, have done evil, but these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”
Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn one who is righteous and mighty,
But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, to tell of all your works.
Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Their prince shall be one of their own; their ruler shall come from their midst; I will bring him near, and he shall approach me, for who would otherwise dare to approach me? says the Lord.
They fell on their faces and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one person sin and you become angry with the whole congregation?”
let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.
Elijah was a human like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.