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Genesis 18:25

WEB

25May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

KJV

25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

BSB

25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

FBV

25No, you can't do something like that! You can't kill the good with the wicked, otherwise you would be treating the good and the wicked in the same way. You can't do that! Isn't the Judge of all the earth going to do the right thing?”

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Extra References

Job 8:20

20“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.

Isaiah 3:10-11

10Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds. 11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.

Job 8:3

3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Deuteronomy 32:4

4The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

Psalms 58:11

11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”

Psalms 94:2

2Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

Romans 3:5-6

5But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do. 6May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?

2 Corinthians 5:10

10For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Malachi 3:18

18Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.

Psalms 98:9

9Let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.