Genesis 18:23
And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?
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Genesis 18:23
And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?
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Genesis 18:22
And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.
Genesis 18:23
And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?
Genesis 18:24
If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?
Genesis 18:25
Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
Genesis 18:26
And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.
Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
Genesis 18:28
If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.
Genesis 18:29
And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty.
Genesis 18:30
And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.
Genesis 18:31
And he said, See now, I have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: what if there are twenty there? And he said, I will have mercy because of the twenty.
Genesis 18:32
And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.
Genesis 18:33
And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.
Genesis 19:29
So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.
Ezekiel 22:30
And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.
Genesis 19:27
And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had been talking with the Lord:
Psalms 106:23
And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.
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Hebrews 10:22
Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
Psalms 73:28
But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.
James 4:8
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
Isaiah 29:13
And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;
Isaiah 55:6
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Isaiah 55:7
Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
Jeremiah 30:21
And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.
Hosea 6:1
Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
Hosea 6:2
After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.
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Genesis 20:4
Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?
Numbers 16:22
Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?
2 Samuel 24:17
And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.
Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.
Psalms 11:5
The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
Psalms 11:6
On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.
Psalms 11:7
For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.
Psalms 26:9
Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
Jeremiah 12:1
You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?
Romans 3:5
But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?
Romans 3:6
In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world?
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Matthew 6:9
Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
Genesis 32:24
Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
2 Samuel 7:18
Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
1 Kings 3:6
And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.
1 Kings 8:22
Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven,
2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
1 Chronicles 17:16
Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
Ezra 9:6
I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
Daniel 9:4
And I made prayer to the Lord my God, putting our sins before him, and said, O Lord, the great God, greatly to be feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have love for you and do your orders;
Habakkuk 3:1
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, put to Shigionoth.
John 17:1
Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you:
Ephesians 3:14
For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,
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Jeremiah 5:1
Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.
Acts 27:24
Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.
James 5:16
So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.
Exodus 32:10
Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.
Joshua 7:9
For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?
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