Genesis 18:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ Then Abraham drew near, and said, “Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ 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)

²³ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?

Common English Bible

²³ Abraham approached and said, “Will you really sweep away the innocent with the guilty?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And as they drew near, he said: "Will you destroy the just with the impious?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?

Genesis 18:23 Cross References

Genesis 18:24

Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Genesis 20:4

Now Abimelech had not approached her; so he said, “Lord, wilt thou slay an innocent people?

2 Samuel 24:17

Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was smiting the people, and said, “Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me and against my father's house.”

Job 34:17

Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

Job 8:3

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?

Psalm 73:28

But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

Jeremiah 30:21

Their prince shall be one of themselves, their ruler shall come forth from their midst; I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me, for who would dare of himself to approach me? says the Lord.

Numbers 16:22

And they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be angry with all the congregation?”

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near 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.

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.

James 5:17

Elijah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.