18:26 So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
18:27 Then Abraham asked, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord 7 (although I am but dust and ashes), 8 18:28 what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy 9 the whole city because five are lacking?” 10 He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
18:29 Abraham 11 spoke to him again, 12 “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
18:30 Then Abraham 13 said, “May the Lord not be angry 14 so that I may speak! 15 What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
18:31 Abraham 16 said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”
18:32 Finally Abraham 17 said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
58:12 Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; 18
you will reestablish the ancient foundations.
You will be called, ‘The one who repairs broken walls,
the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’ 19
5:1 The Lord said, 20
“Go up and down 21 through the streets of Jerusalem. 22
Look around and see for yourselves.
Search through its public squares.
See if any of you can find a single person
who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. 23
If you can, 24 then I will not punish this city. 25