23 And Abraham (Heb. 10:22)came near and said, Ex. 23:7; Num. 16:22; 2 Sam. 24:17; Ps. 11:4–7"Would You also Job 9:22destroy the Gen. 20:4righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? 25 Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that Job 8:20; Is. 3:10, 11the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Deut. 1:16, 17; 32:4; Job 8:3, 20; 34:17; Ps. 58:11; 94:2; Is. 3:10, 11; Rom. 3:5, 6Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"
26 So the Lord said, Jer. 5:1; Ezek. 22:30"If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes."
32 Then he said, "Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?"
James 5:16And He said, "I will not destroy it for the sake of ten." 33 So the Lord went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.