Genesis 18:27

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Abraham said, “Compared to you, Lord, I am only dust and ashes. But let me bother you again and ask you this question.

Cross References

Isaiah 6:5

I was frightened and said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure enough to speak to God, and I live among people who are not pure enough to speak to him. But I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”

Luke 5:8

The fishermen were all amazed at the many fish they caught. When Simon Peter saw this, he bowed down before Jesus and said, “Go away from me, Lord. I am a sinful man!”

Genesis 3:19

You will work hard for your food, until your face is covered with sweat. You will work hard until the day you die, and then you will become dust again. I used dust to make you, and when you die, you will become dust again.”

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus taught the followers that they should always pray and never lose hope. He used this story to teach them:

Isaiah 64:8

But, Lord, you are our father. We are like clay, and you are the potter. Your hands made us all.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Your body came from the earth. And when you die, it will return to the earth. But your spirit came from God, and when you die, it will return to him.

Job 30:19

He threw me into the mud, and I became like dust and ashes.

Job 4:19

So surely people are worse! They live in houses of clay built on dust. They can be crushed as easily as a moth!

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and made a man. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living thing.

Psalm 144:3

Lord, why are people important to you? Why do you even notice us?

Psalm 8:4

And I wonder, “Why are people so important to you? Why do you even think about them? Why do you care so much about humans? Why do you even notice them?”

Ezra 9:6

Then I prayed this prayer: “My God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to look at you. I am ashamed because our sins are higher than our heads. Our guilt has reached all the way up to the heavens.

Genesis 18:28

What if there are five less than fifty? Will you destroy a whole city because of just five people?” The Lord said, “If I find forty-five good people there, I will not destroy the city.”

Exodus 32:11

But Moses begged the Lord his God, “Lord, don’t let your anger destroy your people. You brought them out of Egypt with your great power and strength.