Genesis 18:23
Then Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
In Context
22So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before Yahweh.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing, killing the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be treated the same as the wicked. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
Numbers 16:22Moses and Aaron lay facedown and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all humanity, if one man sins, must you be angry with all the community?”
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? 1 Does the Almighty pervert righteousness? 1
Psalms 11:4Yahweh is in his holy temple; 1 his eyes watch, his eyes examine the children of mankind. 1
Jeremiah 30:21Their leader will come from among them. He will emerge from their midst 1 when I draw him near and when he approaches me. 1 If I do not do this, who would dare come close to me?—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1
Hebrews 10:22let us approach with true hearts in the full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and having our bodies washed with 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 →