What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
Genesis 18:23 - Y'all Version Bible Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Abraham came close and said, Will You destroy the righteous (those upright and in right standing with God) together with the wicked? American Standard Version (1901) And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? Common English Bible Abraham approached and said, “Will you really sweep away the innocent with the guilty? Catholic Public Domain Version And as they drew near, he said: "Will you destroy the just with the impious? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked? |
What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
Far be it from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. Far be it from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
David spoke to YHWH when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Look, I have sinned, and I have done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.”
Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the righteous and mighty One?
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
But it is good for me to be near to God. I have made Lord YHWH my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
Their leader will be one of them, and their ruler will proceed from among them. I will cause him to draw near, and he will approach me; for who has the boldness to approach me?” says YHWH.
They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, if one man sins, will you be angry with the entire congregation?”
let’s draw near with a sincere heart in the full assurance that comes from faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and having our body washed with pure water.
Therefore, y’all acknowledge your sins to one another and y’all pray for one another, so that y’all may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person can accomplish much.
Elijah was a human like us. He prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.