Genesis 18:23
Abraham came to him and asked: “Are you really going to wipe out the good people along with the wicked?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
In Context
22The two men turned and went towards Sodom, but the Lord stayed there with Abraham.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25No, you can't do something like that! You can't kill the good with the wicked, otherwise you would be treating the good and the wicked in the same way. You can't do that! Isn't the Judge of all the earth going to do the right thing?”
Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown on the ground said, “God—God of everything that lives—when it's only one man who sins, must you be angry with everybody?”
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Psalms 11:4The Lord is in his Temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven. He keeps a close eye on everyone, watching them carefully.
Jeremiah 30:21Their leader will be from their own country, their ruler will be chosen from among them. I will invite him to come close to me, and he will do so, for would anyone dare to approach me without being asked? declares the Lord.
Hebrews 10:22let us come close to God with sincere minds, totally trusting in him. Our minds have been sprinkled to purify them from our evil way of thinking, and our bodies have been washed clean by pure 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 →