But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, (A)will You slay a righteous nation also?

Read full chapter

17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? I am the one who has sinned and done evil indeed; but these (A)sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, O Lord my God, be against me and my father’s house, but not against Your people that they should be plagued.”

Read full chapter

23 And Abraham (A)came near and said, (B)“Would You also (C)destroy the (D)righteous 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 (E)that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! (F)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Read full chapter

11 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now (A)require his [a]blood at your hand and [b]remove you from the earth?”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 4:11 Or bloodshed
  2. 2 Samuel 4:11 Lit. consume you

17 So Abraham (A)prayed to God; and God (B)healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children; 18 for the Lord (C)had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Read full chapter

And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For (A)I also withheld you from sinning (B)against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends