Genesis 18:23

New Living Translation

Abraham approached him and said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked?

Cross References

Genesis 18:24

Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes?

Genesis 18:25

Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

Genesis 20:4

But Abimelech had not slept with her yet, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

2 Samuel 24:17

When David saw the angel, he said to the Lord, “I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? Let your anger fall against me and my family.”

Job 34:17

Could God govern if he hated justice? Are you going to condemn the almighty judge?

Job 8:3

Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?

Psalm 73:28

But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.

Exodus 23:7

“Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.

Jeremiah 30:21

They will have their own ruler again, and he will come from their own people. I will invite him to approach me,” says the Lord, “for who would dare to come unless invited?

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. “O God,” they pleaded, “you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Must you be angry with all the people when only one man sins?”

Hebrews 10:22

let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

James 5:16

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

James 5:17

Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!