Genesis 18:23

God's Word

Abraham came closer and asked, “Are you really going to sweep away the innocent with the guilty?

Cross References

Genesis 18:24

What if there are 50 innocent people in the city? Are you really going to sweep them away? Won’t you spare that place for the sake of the 50 innocent people who are in it?

Genesis 18:25

It would be unthinkable for you to do such a thing, to treat the innocent and the guilty alike and to kill the innocent with the guilty. That would be unthinkable! Won’t the judge of the whole earth do what is fair?”

Genesis 20:4

Abimelech hadn’t come near her, so he asked, “Lord, will you destroy a nation even if it’s innocent?

2 Samuel 24:17

When David saw the Messenger who had been killing the people, he said to the Lord, “I’ve sinned. I’ve done wrong. What have these sheep done? Please let your punishment be against me and against my father’s family.”

Job 34:17

Should anyone who hates justice be allowed to govern? Will you condemn the one who is righteous and mighty?

Job 8:3

Does God distort justice, or does the Almighty distort righteousness?

Psalm 73:28

Being united with God is my highest good. I have made the Almighty Lord my refuge so that I may report everything that he has done.

Exodus 23:7

Avoid telling lies. Don’t kill innocent or honest people, because I will never declare guilty people innocent.

Jeremiah 30:21

Their leader will be someone from their own people. Their ruler will come from among them. I’ll bring him near, and he will come close to me. Who would dare to come near me?” asks the Lord.

Numbers 16:22

Immediately, they bowed with their faces touching the ground and said, “O God, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone! If one man sins, will you be angry with the whole community?”

Hebrews 10:22

We have been sprinkled ⌞with his blood⌟ to free us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with clean water. So we must continue to come ⌞to him⌟ with a sincere heart and strong faith.

James 5:16

So admit your sins to each other, and pray for each other so that you will be healed. Prayers offered by those who have God’s approval are effective.

James 5:17

Elijah was human like us. Yet, when he prayed that it wouldn’t rain, no rain fell on the ground for three-and-a-half years.