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Genesis 18:25

By no means shalt thou do as this thing is so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not do right?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

24Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it?

26And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.

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Cross References

Numbers 16:22And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of spirits and of all flesh, if one man has sinned, shall the wrath of the Lord be upon the whole congregation?

1 Chronicles 16:33Then shall the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord, 1 For he is come to judge the earth. 1

Job 8:3Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; 1 Or will he that has made all things pervert justice? 1

Job 9:22Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man. 1

Job 34:12And thinkest thou that the Lord will do wrong, 1 Or will the Almighty who made the earth wrest judgment? 1

Psalms 7:12God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, 1 Not inflicting vengeance every day. 1

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 →

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