Genesis 18:25
Be it farre from thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?
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Numbers 16:22And they fell vpon their faces and saide, O God the God of the spirits, of all fleshe, hath not one man onely sinned, and wilt thou bee wroth with all the Congregation?
1 Chronicles 16:33Let the trees of the wood then reioyce at the presence of the Lord: for he commeth to iudge the earth.
Job 8:3Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
Job 9:22This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
Job 34:12And certainely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightie peruert iudgement.
Psalms 7:12Except he turne, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bowe and made it readie.
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 →