Genesis 18:17

English Standard Version 2016

The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

Cross References

Amos 3:7

“For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.

John 15:15

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

James 2:23

and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

2 Chronicles 20:7

Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?

2 Kings 4:27

And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

Genesis 18:21

I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”

Genesis 18:22

So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord.

Genesis 18:26

And the Lord said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”