Genesis 18:25
Far be it from thee! to do after this manner. to put to death the righteous with the lawless! Then should righteous and lawless be alike, Far be it from thee! Shall, the Judge of all the earth not do justice?
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Numbers 16:22And they fell upon their faces and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh,—shall, one man, sin, and against all the assembly, wilt thou be wroth.
1 Chronicles 16:33Then, shall shout in triumph, the trees of the forest, before Yahweh, for he is coming, to judge the earth.
Job 8:3Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Job 9:22One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.
Job 34:12Nay, verily, GOD, will not condemn unjustly,—nor, the Almighty, pervert justice.
Psalms 7:12If he turn not, his sword, will he whet,—his bow, hath he bent, and made ready:
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 →