Gen 18:23-25, Jos 7:8-9, Psa 73:13-14, Jer 12:1 | ESV | STEP | Then Abraham drew near and said , Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked ?

g[See ver. 5 above]

j Ezra 9:15; Ps. 51:4; Lam. 1:18; Dan. 9:7

k Job 12:6; Ps. 37:1, 7; 92:7; Hab. 1:13; Mal. 3:15; See Job 21:7-15; Ps. 73:3-12

Genesis 18:23-25

23 Then Abraham drew near and said, ^a“Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, ^bso that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! ^cShall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Joshua 7:8-9

8 O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and ^dcut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”

Psalms 73:13-14

13 All in vain have I ^ekept my heart clean
and ^fwashed my hands in innocence.
14 For all the day long I have been ^gstricken
and ^hrebuked ⁱevery morning.

Jeremiah 12:1

Jeremiah’s Complaint

1 ^jRighteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
^kWhy does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all ^lwho are treacherous thrive?