Genesis 18:23-33
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, d“If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”27Abraham answered and said, e“Behold, 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, f“Oh 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.” 33And the Lord went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
Genesis 19:29
29So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God gremembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.Genesis 20:7
7Now then, return the man’s wife, hfor he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you iand all who are yours.”1 Kings 17:20-22
20And he cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?” 21 jThen he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, let this child’s life ▼▼Or soul; also verse 22
come into him again.” 22And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and lhe revived. 1 Kings 18:36-38
36And at the time of mthe offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, nGod of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that oyou are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that pI have done all these things at your word. 37Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.” 38 qThen the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.John 11:41-42
41So they took away the stone. And Jesus rlifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 sI knew that you always hear me, but I said this ton account of the people standing around, uthat they may believe that you sent me.”
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