23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance?(I speak as a man) …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-33)Communion with God is kept up by the word and by prayer. In the word God speaks to us; in prayer we speak to him. God had revealed to Abraham his purposes concerning Sodom; now from this Abraham takes occasion to speak to God on Sodom’s behalf. Note, God’s word then does us good when it furnishes us with matter for prayer and excites us to it. When God has spoken to us, we must consider what we ha…
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