Genesis 18:23

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Abraham drew near and said: “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Cross References

Genesis 18:24

Suppose there were fifty righteous people in the city; would you really sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people within it?

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! Far be it from you! Should not the judge of all the world do what is just?”

Genesis 20:4

Abimelech, who had not approached her, said: “O Lord, would you kill an innocent man?

2 Samuel 24:17

When David saw the angel who was striking the people, he said to the Lord: “It is I who have sinned; it is I, the shepherd, who have done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Strike me and my father’s family!” David Offers Sacrifices.

Job 34:17

Can an enemy of justice be in control, will you condemn the supreme Just One,

Job 8:3

Does God pervert judgment, does the Almighty pervert justice?

Psalm 73:28

As for me, to be near God is my good, to make the Lord God my refuge. I shall declare all your works in the gates of daughter Zion.

Exodus 23:7

You shall keep away from anything dishonest. The innocent and the just you shall not put to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Jeremiah 30:21

His leader shall be one of his own, and his ruler shall emerge from his ranks. He shall approach me when I summon him; Why else would he dare approach me?—oracle of the Lord.

Numbers 16:22

But they fell prostrate and exclaimed, “O God, God of the spirits of all living creatures, if one man sins will you be angry with the whole community?”

Hebrews 10:22

let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

James 5:16

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.

James 5:17

Elijah was a human being like us; yet he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain upon the land.