Genesis 18:23
And as they drew near, he said: “Will you destroy the just with the impious?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
In Context
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Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment.”
Numbers 16:22But they fell prone on their faces, and they said, “O most strong One, the God of the spirits of all flesh, should your anger rage against all, for the sin of one?”
Job 8:3Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
Psalms 11:4May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.
Jeremiah 30:21And their ruler will be one of their own. And their prince will be led forward from their midst. And I will draw him near, and he will cling to me. For who is the one who applies his heart, so that he may draw near to me, says the Lord?
Hebrews 10:22So, let us draw near with a true heart, in the fullness of faith, having hearts cleansed from an evil conscience, and bodies absolved with clean water.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:17-23
Abraham's Interview with God. ( b. c. 1898.) 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord , to do justice and judgment; that the… Read the whole commentary →