Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
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Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
1 Chronicles 16:33Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Job 9:22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
Job 34:12Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
Psalms 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
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 →