Genesis 18:21

Good News Translation

I must go down to find out whether or not the accusations which I have heard are true.”

Cross References

Genesis 11:5

Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which they had built,

Genesis 11:7

Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other.”

Genesis 18:17

And the Lord said to himself, “I will not hide from Abraham what I am going to do.

Genesis 6:12

God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.

Job 34:22

There is no darkness dark enough to hide a sinner from God.

Psalm 14:2

The Lord looks down from heaven at us humans to see if there are any who are wise, any who worship him.

Psalm 90:8

You place our sins before you, our secret sins where you can see them.

Exodus 3:8

and so I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites now live.

Exodus 33:5

For the Lord had commanded Moses to tell them, “You are a stubborn people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I would completely destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.”

Jeremiah 17:1

The Lord says, “People of Judah, your sin is written with an iron pen; it is engraved on your hearts with a diamond point and carved on the corners of your altars.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the minds and test the hearts of people. I treat each of them according to the way they live, according to what they do.”

Jonah 1:2

He said, “Go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it; I am aware of how wicked its people are.”

Micah 1:3

The Lord is coming from his holy place; he will come down and walk on the tops of the mountains.

Zephaniah 1:12

“At that time I will take a lamp and search Jerusalem. I will punish the people who are self-satisfied and confident, who say to themselves, ‘The Lord never does anything, one way or the other.’

Luke 16:15

Jesus said to them, “You are the ones who make yourselves look right in other people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For the things that are considered of great value by people are worth nothing in God's sight.

John 6:38

because I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

2 Corinthians 11:11

Do I say this because I don't love you? God knows I love you!

Deuteronomy 13:3

do not pay any attention to them. The Lord your God is using them to test you, to see if you love the Lord with all your heart.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the Lord your God led you on this long journey through the desert these past forty years, sending hardships to test you, so that he might know what you intended to do and whether you would obey his commands.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

There will be the shout of command, the archangel's voice, the sound of God's trumpet, and the Lord himself will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise to life first;

Hebrews 4:13

There is nothing that can be hid from God; everything in all creation is exposed and lies open before his eyes. And it is to him that we must all give an account of ourselves.

Joshua 22:22

“The Mighty One is God! He is the Lord! The Mighty One is God! He is the Lord! He knows why we did this, and we want you to know too! If we rebelled and did not keep faith with the Lord, do not let us live any longer!