Genesis 18:25
May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
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Numbers 16:22They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”
1 Chronicles 16:33Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Job 9:22“It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
Job 34:12Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Psalms 7:12If a man doesn’t repent, he 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 →