Genesis 18:23-32

23Then Abraham drew near and said, a“Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24Suppose 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? 25Far 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?” 26And the Lord said, dIf I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

27Abraham answered and said, eBehold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. 28Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” 29Again he spoke to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.” 30Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” 31He said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” 32Then he said, fOh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.”

Psalms 106:23

23Therefore ghe said he would destroy them—
had not Moses, his hchosen one,
istood in the breach before him,
to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

Isaiah 50:2

2 jWhy, when I came, was there no man;
why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
kIs my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
lBehold, by my rebuke mI dry up the sea,
nI make the rivers a desert;
otheir fish stink for lack of water
and die of thirst.

Isaiah 64:7

7 pThere is no one who calls upon your name,
who rouses himself to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
and have made us melt in
Masoretic Text; Septuagint, Syriac, Targum  have delivered us into
the hand of our iniquities.

Jeremiah 5:1

Jerusalem Refused to Repent

1 rRun to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
look and take note!
Search her squares to see
sif you can find a man,
one who does justice
and seeks truth,
tthat I may pardon her.

Ezekiel 22:30

30 uAnd I sought for a man among them vwho should build up the wall wand stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.

Mark 6:6

6And xhe marveled because of their unbelief.

yAnd he went about among the villages teaching.

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