Genesis 18:25
Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked, this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Numbers 16:22They fell flat on their face, and said: O most mighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh, for one man's sin shall thy wrath rage against all?
1 Chronicles 16:33Then shall the trees of the wood give praise before the Lord: because he is come to judge the earth.
Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?
Job 9:22One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth.
Job 34:12For in very deed God will not condemn without cause, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Psalms 7:12God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:24-33
Abraham's Intercession for Sodom. ( b. c. 1898.) 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the Lord said, If I… Read the whole commentary →