Genesis 19:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.”
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““Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he saith unto him, `Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the city <FI>for<Fi> which thou hast spoken;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 19:21 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
- Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 18:24What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
- Exodus 33:17So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
- Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
- Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
- Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
- Jeremiah 14:10This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”
- Matthew 12:20A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
- Luke 11:8I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
- Hebrews 2:17For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
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