And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;(Genesis 18:20)

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.(Genesis 18:21)

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.(Genesis 18:22)

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?(Genesis 18:24)

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?(Genesis 18:25)

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.(Genesis 18:26)

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Genesis 18:23 - Cross Reference

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? (Job 8:3)

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. (Hebrews 10:22)

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? (Numbers 16:22)

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? (Job 34:17)

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. (Psalm 73:28)

And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 30:21)

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. (2 Samuel 24:17)

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. (James 5:17)

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? (Genesis 20:4)

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) (Romans 3:5)

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. (Psalm 11:4)