What if five good people are missing? What if there are only 45 good people in the city? Will you destroy a whole city for just five people?”
Then the Lord said, “If I find 50 good people in the city of Sodom, I will save the whole city.”
Then Abraham said, “Compared to you, Lord, I am only dust and ashes. But let me bother you again and ask you this question:
Abraham spoke again. He said, “And if you find only 40 good people there, will you destroy the city?”
Daniel asked his friends to pray to the God of heaven. Daniel asked them to pray that God would be kind to them and help them understand this secret. Then Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the other wise men of Babylon.