Genesis 18:20-26

New King James Version

²⁰ And the Lord said, “Because ^(A)the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their ^(B)sin is very grave, ^21 (C)I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, ^(D)I will know.”

²² Then the men turned away from there ^(E)and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord. ²³ And Abraham ^(F)came near and said, ^(G)“Would You also ^(H)destroy the ^(I)righteous with the wicked? ²⁴ Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? ²⁵ Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so ^(J)that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! ^(K)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

²⁶ So the Lord said, ^(L)“If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”