Genesis 18:26

New American Bible - revised edition

The Lord replied: If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.

Cross References

Genesis 18:17

The Lord considered: Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

Isaiah 10:22

Though your people, O Israel, were like the sand of the sea, Only a remnant of them will return; their destruction is decreed, as overflowing justice demands.

Isaiah 19:24

On that day Israel shall be a third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,

Isaiah 6:13

If there remain a tenth part in it, then this in turn shall be laid waste; As with a terebinth or an oak whose trunk remains when its leaves have fallen. Holy offspring is the trunk.

Isaiah 65:8

Thus says the Lord: As when the juice is pressed from a cluster, and someone says, “Do not destroy it, for there is still good in it,” So will I do for the sake of my servants: I will not destroy them all.

Jeremiah 5:1

Roam the streets of Jerusalem, look about and observe, Search through her squares, to find even one Who acts justly and seeks honesty, and I will pardon her!

Ezekiel 22:30

Thus I have searched among them for someone who would build a wall or stand in the breach before me to keep me from destroying the land; but I found no one.

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect they will be shortened.