Genesis 18:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now I am going down to see for myself if those people really are that bad. If they aren't, I want to know about it.”

Cross References

Genesis 11:5

But when the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower,

Genesis 11:7

Come on! Let's go down and confuse them by making them speak different languages—then they won't be able to understand each other.

Genesis 18:17

The LORD said to himself, “I should tell Abraham what I am going to do,

Job 34:22

No evil person can hide in the deepest darkness.

Psalm 14:2

From heaven the LORD looks down to see if anyone is wise enough to search for him.

Psalm 90:8

and you know-all our sins, even those we do in secret.

Exodus 3:8

and I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is good land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

Jeremiah 17:1

People of Judah, your sins cannot be erased. They are written on your hearts like words chiselled in stone or carved on the corners of your altars.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I know your deeds and your thoughts, and I will make sure you get what you deserve.

Jonah 1:2

to go to the great city of Nineveh and say to the people, “The LORD has seen your terrible sins. You are doomed!”

Micah 1:3

And he will come down to crush underfoot every pagan altar.

Zephaniah 1:12

I'll search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those people who sit there unworried while thinking, “The LORD won't do anything, good or bad.”

Luke 16:15

But Jesus told them: You are always making yourselves look good, but God sees what is in your heart. The things that most people think are important are worthless as far as God is concerned.

John 6:38

I didn't come from heaven to do what I want! I came to do what the Father wants me to do. He sent me,

2 Corinthians 11:11

And it isn't because I don't love you. God himself knows how much I do love you.

Deuteronomy 13:3

If the prophet says this, don't listen! The LORD your God will be watching to find out whether or not you love him with all your heart and soul.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Don't forget how the LORD your God has led you through the desert for the past forty years. He wanted to find out if you were truly willing to obey him and depend on him,

1 Thessalonians 4:16

With a loud command and with the shout of the chief angel and a blast of God's trumpet, the Lord will return from heaven. Then those who had faith in Christ before they died will be raised to life.

Hebrews 4:13

Nothing is hidden from God! He sees through everything, and we will have to tell him the truth.

Joshua 22:22

The LORD is the greatest God! We ask him to be our witness, because he knows whether or not we were rebellious or unfaithful when we built that altar. If we were unfaithful, then we pray that God won't rescue us today. Let us tell you why we built that altar,