Genesis 18:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.””
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“So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 18:26 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 6:13And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
- Isaiah 10:22Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
- Isaiah 19:24In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.
- Isaiah 65:8This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
- Jeremiah 5:1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
- Ezekiel 22:30I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
- Matthew 24:22If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
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