Genesis 18:24

Good News Translation

If there are fifty innocent people in the city, will you destroy the whole city? Won't you spare it in order to save the fifty?

Cross References

Genesis 18:23

Abraham approached the Lord and asked, “Are you really going to destroy the innocent with the guilty?

Genesis 18:25

Surely you won't kill the innocent with the guilty. That's impossible! You can't do that. If you did, the innocent would be punished along with the guilty. That is impossible. The judge of all the earth has to act justly.”

Genesis 18:32

Abraham said, “Please don't be angry, Lord, and I will speak only once more. What if only ten are found?” He said, “I will not destroy it if there are ten.”

Job 35:8

Others suffer from your sins, and the good you do helps them.

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord Almighty had not let some of the people survive, Jerusalem would have been totally destroyed, just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

Jeremiah 5:1

People of Jerusalem, run through your streets! Look around! See for yourselves! Search the marketplaces! Can you find one person who does what is right and tries to be faithful to God? If you can, the Lord will forgive Jerusalem.

Acts 27:24

and said, ‘Don't be afraid, Paul! You must stand before the Emperor. And God in his goodness to you has spared the lives of all those who are sailing with you.’