Genesis 18:32

New American Bible - revised edition

But he persisted: “Please, do not let my Lord be angry if I speak up this last time. What if ten are found there?” For the sake of the ten, he replied, I will not destroy it.

Cross References

Judges 6:39

Gideon then said to God, “Do not be angry with me if I speak once more. Let me make just one more test with the fleece. Let the fleece alone be dry, but let there be dew on all the ground.”

Matthew 7:7

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us,

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance; Who does not persist in anger forever, but instead delights in mercy,

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.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Psalm 86:5

Lord, you are good and forgiving, most merciful to all who call on you.

Job 33:23

If then there be a divine messenger, a mediator, one out of a thousand, to show him what is right,

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord changed his mind about the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.

Genesis 18:30

Then he said, “Do not let my Lord be angry if I go on. What if only thirty are found there?” He replied: I will refrain from doing it if I can find thirty there.

Genesis 18:31

Abraham went on, “Since I have thus presumed to speak to my Lord, what if there are no more than twenty?” I will not destroy it, he answered, for the sake of the twenty.

Genesis 44:18

Judah then stepped up to him and said: “I beg you, my lord, let your servant appeal to my lord, and do not become angry with your servant, for you are the equal of Pharaoh.

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!