Genesis 18:32 He wouldn’t quit, “Don’t get angry, Master—this is the last time. What if you only come up with ten?” “For the sake of only ten, I won’t destroy the city.”

18:32 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - He wouldn’t quit, “Don’t get angry, Master—this is the last time. What if you only come up with ten?” “For the sake of only ten, I won’t destroy the city.”
新标点和合本 - 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要动怒，我再说这一次，假若在那里见有十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭那城。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要生气，我再说一次，假若在那里找到十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要生气，我再说一次，假若在那里找到十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭。”
当代译本 - 亚伯拉罕又说：“求主不要发怒，让我问最后一次，倘若在那里只找到十个义人呢？”耶和华说：“为了那十个人的缘故，我也不会毁灭那城。”
圣经新译本 - 亚伯拉罕说：“请我主不要动怒，容我问这最后的一次，假如在那里找到十个呢？”他回答：“我因这十个的缘故，也不毁灭那城。”
中文标准译本 - 亚伯拉罕再次说：“请我主不要恼火，容我说最后一次，假如在那里找到十个呢？” 耶和华说：“因这十个的缘故，我也不会毁灭那城。”
现代标点和合本 - 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要动怒，我再说这一次，假若在那里见有十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭那城。”
和合本（拼音版） - 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要动怒，我再说这一次，假若在那里见有十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭那城。”
New International Version - Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
New International Reader's Version - Then he said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me. Let me speak just one more time. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “If I find ten, I will not destroy it.”
English Standard Version - Then he said, “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.”
New Living Translation - Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?” And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
Christian Standard Bible - Then he said, “Let my lord not be angry, and I will speak one more time. Suppose ten are found there?” He answered, “I will not destroy it on account of ten.”
New American Standard Bible - Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once: suppose ten are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the ten.”
New King James Version - Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”
Amplified Bible - Then Abraham said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry [with me], and I will speak only this once; suppose ten [righteous people] are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
American Standard Version - And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.
King James Version - And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
New English Translation - Finally Abraham 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.”
World English Bible - He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”
新標點和合本 - 亞伯拉罕說：「求主不要動怒，我再說這一次，假若在那裏見有十個呢？」他說：「為這十個的緣故，我也不毀滅那城。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 亞伯拉罕說：「求主不要生氣，我再說一次，假若在那裏找到十個呢？」他說：「為這十個的緣故，我也不毀滅。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 亞伯拉罕說：「求主不要生氣，我再說一次，假若在那裏找到十個呢？」他說：「為這十個的緣故，我也不毀滅。」
當代譯本 - 亞伯拉罕又說：「求主不要發怒，讓我問最後一次，倘若在那裡只找到十個義人呢？」耶和華說：「為了那十個人的緣故，我也不會毀滅那城。」
聖經新譯本 - 亞伯拉罕說：“請我主不要動怒，容我問這最後的一次，假如在那裡找到十個呢？”他回答：“我因這十個的緣故，也不毀滅那城。”
呂振中譯本 - 亞伯拉罕說：『求主不要發怒，容我再說一句：就只這一次：萬一在那裏只見有十個呢？』他說：『因這十個的緣故，我也不毁滅。』
中文標準譯本 - 亞伯拉罕再次說：「請我主不要惱火，容我說最後一次，假如在那裡找到十個呢？」耶和華說：「因這十個的緣故，我也不會毀滅那城。」
現代標點和合本 - 亞伯拉罕說：「求主不要動怒，我再說這一次，假若在那裡見有十個呢？」他說：「為這十個的緣故，我也不毀滅那城。」
文理和合譯本 - 曰、願主毋怒、容我言之、惟此一次、假令十人、則何如、曰、緣十人、吾亦弗滅、
文理委辦譯本 - 曰主毋怒、敢復進一辭而後已、或止十人、則何如。曰、十人吾亦弗滅。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 曰、求主毋怒、我惟此一言、若邑中遇十人則何如、曰、緣十人我亦不滅、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Abraham volvió a decir: —No se enoje mi Señor, pero permítame hablar una vez más. Tal vez se encuentren solo diez… —Aun por esos diez no la destruiré —respondió el Señor por última vez.
현대인의 성경 - “주여, 노하지 마소서. 내가 한 번만 더 말씀드리겠습니다. 만일 그 성에서 의로운 사람 10명을 찾으신다면 어떻게 하시겠습니까?” “의로운 사람이 10명만 있어도 내가 그 성을 멸망시키지 않겠다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Тогда Авраам сказал: – Да не разгневается Владыка, но позволит мне сказать еще лишь один раз. Что, если найдутся там лишь десять? Он ответил: – Ради десяти Я не уничтожу его.
Восточный перевод - Тогда Ибрахим сказал: – Да не разгневается Владыка, но позволит мне сказать ещё лишь один раз. Что, если найдутся там лишь десять? Вечный ответил: – Ради десяти Я не уничтожу его.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Тогда Ибрахим сказал: – Да не разгневается Владыка, но позволит мне сказать ещё лишь один раз. Что, если найдутся там лишь десять? Вечный ответил: – Ради десяти Я не уничтожу его.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Тогда Иброхим сказал: – Да не разгневается Владыка, но позволит мне сказать ещё лишь один раз. Что, если найдутся там лишь десять? Вечный ответил: – Ради десяти Я не уничтожу его.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Abraham dit : Que mon Seigneur ne se mette pas en colère, et je parlerai une dernière fois. Peut-être ne s’y trouvera-t-il que dix justes. Et Dieu dit : A cause de ces dix, je ne détruirai pas Sodome.
リビングバイブル - 「神様、お怒りにならないでください。もうひと言だけ、これが最後です。もしも、たった十人だったら、いかがでしょう。」「もうよい。その十人のために町を滅ぼすことはしない。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Então Abraão disse ainda: “Não te ires, Senhor, mas permite-me falar só mais uma vez. E se apenas dez forem encontrados?” Ele respondeu: “Por amor aos dez não a destruirei”.
Hoffnung für alle - »Mein Herr«, sagte Abraham, »bitte werde nicht zornig, wenn ich zum Schluss noch einmal spreche: Was wirst du tun, wenn dort nur zehn unschuldige Menschen wohnen?« Wieder versprach Gott ihm: »Die zehn werden verschont bleiben und ebenso die ganze Stadt.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Cố nài nỉ lần cuối, Áp-ra-ham thưa: “Xin Chúa đừng giận, con chỉ xin thưa một lời nữa. Nhỡ chỉ có mười người thì sao?” Chúa Hằng Hữu đáp: “Ta cũng dung thứ cả thành vì mười người ấy.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แล้วอับราฮัมทูลว่า “ขอองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าอย่าทรงพระพิโรธเลย ข้าพระองค์ขอกราบทูลอีกเพียงครั้งเดียว หากพบแต่เพียงสิบคนเท่านั้นเล่า?” พระองค์ตรัสตอบว่า “เพื่อเห็นแก่สิบคน เราจะไม่ทำลายเมืองนั้น”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แล้วท่านพูดว่า “โอ ขอพระผู้เป็นเจ้าอย่าโกรธเลย และข้าพเจ้าจะพูดอีกครั้งเดียวว่า สมมุติว่าพบ 10 คนที่นั่น” พระองค์ตอบว่า “เพราะเห็นแก่ 10 คน เราจะไม่ทำลายเมืองนั้น”

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Exodus 32:14 - And God did think twice. He decided not to do the evil he had threatened against his people.
Exodus 34:10 - And God said, “As of right now, I’m making a covenant with you: In full sight of your people I will work wonders that have never been created in all the Earth, in any nation. Then all the people with whom you’re living will see how tremendous God’s work is, the work I’ll do for you. Take careful note of all I command you today. I’m clearing your way by driving out Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. Stay vigilant. Don’t let down your guard lest you make covenant with the people who live in the land that you are entering and they trip you up.
Micah 7:18 - Where is the god who can compare with you— wiping the slate clean of guilt, Turning a blind eye, a deaf ear, to the past sins of your purged and precious people? You don’t nurse your anger and don’t stay angry long, for mercy is your specialty. That’s what you love most. And compassion is on its way to us. You’ll stamp out our wrongdoing. You’ll sink our sins to the bottom of the ocean. You’ll stay true to your word to Father Jacob and continue the compassion you showed Grandfather Abraham— Everything you promised our ancestors from a long time ago.
Ephesians 3:20 - God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Glory to God in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus! Glory down all the generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!
Exodus 32:9 - God said to Moses, “I look at this people—oh! what a stubborn, hard-headed people! Let me alone now, give my anger free reign to burst into flames and incinerate them. But I’ll make a great nation out of you.”
Numbers 14:13 - But Moses said to God, “The Egyptians are going to hear about this! You delivered this people from Egypt with a great show of strength, and now this? The Egyptians will tell everyone. They’ve already heard that you are God, that you are on the side of this people, that you are present among them, that they see you with their own eyes in your Cloud that hovers over them, in the Pillar of Cloud that leads them by day and the Pillar of Fire at night. If you kill this entire people in one stroke, all the nations that have heard what has been going on will say, ‘Since God couldn’t get these people into the land which he had promised to give them, he slaughtered them out in the wilderness.’
Numbers 14:17 - “Now, please, let the power of the Master expand, enlarge itself greatly, along the lines you have laid out earlier when you said,
Numbers 14:18 - God, slow to get angry and huge in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin; Still, never just whitewashing sin. But extending the fallout of parents’ sins to children into the third, even the fourth generation.
Numbers 14:19 - “Please forgive the wrongdoing of this people out of the extravagance of your loyal love just as all along, from the time they left Egypt, you have been forgiving this people.”
Numbers 14:20 - God said, “I forgive them, honoring your words. But as I live and as the Glory of God fills the whole Earth—not a single person of those who saw my Glory, saw the miracle signs I did in Egypt and the wilderness, and who have tested me over and over and over again, turning a deaf ear to me—not one of them will set eyes on the land I so solemnly promised to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with such repeated contempt will see it.
Exodus 33:14 - God said, “My presence will go with you. I’ll see the journey to the end.”
Job 33:23 - “But even then an angel could come, a champion—there are thousands of them!— to take up your cause, A messenger who would mercifully intervene, canceling the death sentence with the words: ‘I’ve come up with the ransom!’ Before you know it, you’re healed, the very picture of health!
Isaiah 65:8 - God’s Message: “But just as one bad apple doesn’t ruin the whole bushel, there are still plenty of good apples left. So I’ll preserve those in Israel who obey me. I won’t destroy the whole nation. I’ll bring out my true children from Jacob and the heirs of my mountains from Judah. My chosen will inherit the land, my servants will move in. The lush valley of Sharon in the west will be a pasture for flocks, And in the east, the valley of Achor, a place for herds to graze. These will be for the people who bothered to reach out to me, who wanted me in their lives, who actually bothered to look for me. * * *
Genesis 18:30 - He said, “Master, don’t be irritated with me, but what if only thirty are found?” “No, I won’t do it if I find thirty.”
Proverbs 15:8 - God can’t stand pious poses, but he delights in genuine prayers.
Matthew 7:7 - “Don’t bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need. This isn’t a cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek game we’re in. If your child asks for bread, do you trick him with sawdust? If he asks for fish, do you scare him with a live snake on his plate? As bad as you are, you wouldn’t think of such a thing. You’re at least decent to your own children. So don’t you think the God who conceived you in love will be even better?
1 John 5:16 - For instance, if we see a Christian believer sinning (clearly I’m not talking about those who make a practice of sin in a way that is “fatal,” leading to eternal death), we ask for God’s help and he gladly gives it, gives life to the sinner whose sin is not fatal. There is such a thing as a fatal sin, and I’m not urging you to pray about that. Everything we do wrong is sin, but not all sin is fatal.
James 5:16 - Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again.
Judges 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Don’t be impatient with me, but let me say one more thing. I want to try another time with the fleece. But this time let the fleece stay dry, while the dew drenches the ground.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - He wouldn’t quit, “Don’t get angry, Master—this is the last time. What if you only come up with ten?” “For the sake of only ten, I won’t destroy the city.”
新标点和合本 - 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要动怒，我再说这一次，假若在那里见有十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭那城。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要生气，我再说一次，假若在那里找到十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要生气，我再说一次，假若在那里找到十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭。”
当代译本 - 亚伯拉罕又说：“求主不要发怒，让我问最后一次，倘若在那里只找到十个义人呢？”耶和华说：“为了那十个人的缘故，我也不会毁灭那城。”
圣经新译本 - 亚伯拉罕说：“请我主不要动怒，容我问这最后的一次，假如在那里找到十个呢？”他回答：“我因这十个的缘故，也不毁灭那城。”
中文标准译本 - 亚伯拉罕再次说：“请我主不要恼火，容我说最后一次，假如在那里找到十个呢？” 耶和华说：“因这十个的缘故，我也不会毁灭那城。”
现代标点和合本 - 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要动怒，我再说这一次，假若在那里见有十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭那城。”
和合本（拼音版） - 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要动怒，我再说这一次，假若在那里见有十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭那城。”
New International Version - Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
New International Reader's Version - Then he said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me. Let me speak just one more time. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “If I find ten, I will not destroy it.”
English Standard Version - Then he said, “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.”
New Living Translation - Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?” And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
Christian Standard Bible - Then he said, “Let my lord not be angry, and I will speak one more time. Suppose ten are found there?” He answered, “I will not destroy it on account of ten.”
New American Standard Bible - Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once: suppose ten are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the ten.”
New King James Version - Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”
Amplified Bible - Then Abraham said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry [with me], and I will speak only this once; suppose ten [righteous people] are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
American Standard Version - And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.
King James Version - And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
New English Translation - Finally Abraham 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.”
World English Bible - He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”
新標點和合本 - 亞伯拉罕說：「求主不要動怒，我再說這一次，假若在那裏見有十個呢？」他說：「為這十個的緣故，我也不毀滅那城。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 亞伯拉罕說：「求主不要生氣，我再說一次，假若在那裏找到十個呢？」他說：「為這十個的緣故，我也不毀滅。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 亞伯拉罕說：「求主不要生氣，我再說一次，假若在那裏找到十個呢？」他說：「為這十個的緣故，我也不毀滅。」
當代譯本 - 亞伯拉罕又說：「求主不要發怒，讓我問最後一次，倘若在那裡只找到十個義人呢？」耶和華說：「為了那十個人的緣故，我也不會毀滅那城。」
聖經新譯本 - 亞伯拉罕說：“請我主不要動怒，容我問這最後的一次，假如在那裡找到十個呢？”他回答：“我因這十個的緣故，也不毀滅那城。”
呂振中譯本 - 亞伯拉罕說：『求主不要發怒，容我再說一句：就只這一次：萬一在那裏只見有十個呢？』他說：『因這十個的緣故，我也不毁滅。』
中文標準譯本 - 亞伯拉罕再次說：「請我主不要惱火，容我說最後一次，假如在那裡找到十個呢？」耶和華說：「因這十個的緣故，我也不會毀滅那城。」
現代標點和合本 - 亞伯拉罕說：「求主不要動怒，我再說這一次，假若在那裡見有十個呢？」他說：「為這十個的緣故，我也不毀滅那城。」
文理和合譯本 - 曰、願主毋怒、容我言之、惟此一次、假令十人、則何如、曰、緣十人、吾亦弗滅、
文理委辦譯本 - 曰主毋怒、敢復進一辭而後已、或止十人、則何如。曰、十人吾亦弗滅。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 曰、求主毋怒、我惟此一言、若邑中遇十人則何如、曰、緣十人我亦不滅、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Abraham volvió a decir: —No se enoje mi Señor, pero permítame hablar una vez más. Tal vez se encuentren solo diez… —Aun por esos diez no la destruiré —respondió el Señor por última vez.
현대인의 성경 - “주여, 노하지 마소서. 내가 한 번만 더 말씀드리겠습니다. 만일 그 성에서 의로운 사람 10명을 찾으신다면 어떻게 하시겠습니까?” “의로운 사람이 10명만 있어도 내가 그 성을 멸망시키지 않겠다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Тогда Авраам сказал: – Да не разгневается Владыка, но позволит мне сказать еще лишь один раз. Что, если найдутся там лишь десять? Он ответил: – Ради десяти Я не уничтожу его.
Восточный перевод - Тогда Ибрахим сказал: – Да не разгневается Владыка, но позволит мне сказать ещё лишь один раз. Что, если найдутся там лишь десять? Вечный ответил: – Ради десяти Я не уничтожу его.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Тогда Ибрахим сказал: – Да не разгневается Владыка, но позволит мне сказать ещё лишь один раз. Что, если найдутся там лишь десять? Вечный ответил: – Ради десяти Я не уничтожу его.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Тогда Иброхим сказал: – Да не разгневается Владыка, но позволит мне сказать ещё лишь один раз. Что, если найдутся там лишь десять? Вечный ответил: – Ради десяти Я не уничтожу его.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Abraham dit : Que mon Seigneur ne se mette pas en colère, et je parlerai une dernière fois. Peut-être ne s’y trouvera-t-il que dix justes. Et Dieu dit : A cause de ces dix, je ne détruirai pas Sodome.
リビングバイブル - 「神様、お怒りにならないでください。もうひと言だけ、これが最後です。もしも、たった十人だったら、いかがでしょう。」「もうよい。その十人のために町を滅ぼすことはしない。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Então Abraão disse ainda: “Não te ires, Senhor, mas permite-me falar só mais uma vez. E se apenas dez forem encontrados?” Ele respondeu: “Por amor aos dez não a destruirei”.
Hoffnung für alle - »Mein Herr«, sagte Abraham, »bitte werde nicht zornig, wenn ich zum Schluss noch einmal spreche: Was wirst du tun, wenn dort nur zehn unschuldige Menschen wohnen?« Wieder versprach Gott ihm: »Die zehn werden verschont bleiben und ebenso die ganze Stadt.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Cố nài nỉ lần cuối, Áp-ra-ham thưa: “Xin Chúa đừng giận, con chỉ xin thưa một lời nữa. Nhỡ chỉ có mười người thì sao?” Chúa Hằng Hữu đáp: “Ta cũng dung thứ cả thành vì mười người ấy.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แล้วอับราฮัมทูลว่า “ขอองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าอย่าทรงพระพิโรธเลย ข้าพระองค์ขอกราบทูลอีกเพียงครั้งเดียว หากพบแต่เพียงสิบคนเท่านั้นเล่า?” พระองค์ตรัสตอบว่า “เพื่อเห็นแก่สิบคน เราจะไม่ทำลายเมืองนั้น”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แล้วท่านพูดว่า “โอ ขอพระผู้เป็นเจ้าอย่าโกรธเลย และข้าพเจ้าจะพูดอีกครั้งเดียวว่า สมมุติว่าพบ 10 คนที่นั่น” พระองค์ตอบว่า “เพราะเห็นแก่ 10 คน เราจะไม่ทำลายเมืองนั้น”

Exodus 32:14 - And God did think twice. He decided not to do the evil he had threatened against his people.
Exodus 34:10 - And God said, “As of right now, I’m making a covenant with you: In full sight of your people I will work wonders that have never been created in all the Earth, in any nation. Then all the people with whom you’re living will see how tremendous God’s work is, the work I’ll do for you. Take careful note of all I command you today. I’m clearing your way by driving out Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. Stay vigilant. Don’t let down your guard lest you make covenant with the people who live in the land that you are entering and they trip you up.
Micah 7:18 - Where is the god who can compare with you— wiping the slate clean of guilt, Turning a blind eye, a deaf ear, to the past sins of your purged and precious people? You don’t nurse your anger and don’t stay angry long, for mercy is your specialty. That’s what you love most. And compassion is on its way to us. You’ll stamp out our wrongdoing. You’ll sink our sins to the bottom of the ocean. You’ll stay true to your word to Father Jacob and continue the compassion you showed Grandfather Abraham— Everything you promised our ancestors from a long time ago.
Ephesians 3:20 - God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Glory to God in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus! Glory down all the generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!
Exodus 32:9 - God said to Moses, “I look at this people—oh! what a stubborn, hard-headed people! Let me alone now, give my anger free reign to burst into flames and incinerate them. But I’ll make a great nation out of you.”
Numbers 14:13 - But Moses said to God, “The Egyptians are going to hear about this! You delivered this people from Egypt with a great show of strength, and now this? The Egyptians will tell everyone. They’ve already heard that you are God, that you are on the side of this people, that you are present among them, that they see you with their own eyes in your Cloud that hovers over them, in the Pillar of Cloud that leads them by day and the Pillar of Fire at night. If you kill this entire people in one stroke, all the nations that have heard what has been going on will say, ‘Since God couldn’t get these people into the land which he had promised to give them, he slaughtered them out in the wilderness.’
Numbers 14:17 - “Now, please, let the power of the Master expand, enlarge itself greatly, along the lines you have laid out earlier when you said,
Numbers 14:18 - God, slow to get angry and huge in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin; Still, never just whitewashing sin. But extending the fallout of parents’ sins to children into the third, even the fourth generation.
Numbers 14:19 - “Please forgive the wrongdoing of this people out of the extravagance of your loyal love just as all along, from the time they left Egypt, you have been forgiving this people.”
Numbers 14:20 - God said, “I forgive them, honoring your words. But as I live and as the Glory of God fills the whole Earth—not a single person of those who saw my Glory, saw the miracle signs I did in Egypt and the wilderness, and who have tested me over and over and over again, turning a deaf ear to me—not one of them will set eyes on the land I so solemnly promised to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with such repeated contempt will see it.
Exodus 33:14 - God said, “My presence will go with you. I’ll see the journey to the end.”
Job 33:23 - “But even then an angel could come, a champion—there are thousands of them!— to take up your cause, A messenger who would mercifully intervene, canceling the death sentence with the words: ‘I’ve come up with the ransom!’ Before you know it, you’re healed, the very picture of health!
Isaiah 65:8 - God’s Message: “But just as one bad apple doesn’t ruin the whole bushel, there are still plenty of good apples left. So I’ll preserve those in Israel who obey me. I won’t destroy the whole nation. I’ll bring out my true children from Jacob and the heirs of my mountains from Judah. My chosen will inherit the land, my servants will move in. The lush valley of Sharon in the west will be a pasture for flocks, And in the east, the valley of Achor, a place for herds to graze. These will be for the people who bothered to reach out to me, who wanted me in their lives, who actually bothered to look for me. * * *
Genesis 18:30 - He said, “Master, don’t be irritated with me, but what if only thirty are found?” “No, I won’t do it if I find thirty.”
Proverbs 15:8 - God can’t stand pious poses, but he delights in genuine prayers.
Matthew 7:7 - “Don’t bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need. This isn’t a cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek game we’re in. If your child asks for bread, do you trick him with sawdust? If he asks for fish, do you scare him with a live snake on his plate? As bad as you are, you wouldn’t think of such a thing. You’re at least decent to your own children. So don’t you think the God who conceived you in love will be even better?
1 John 5:16 - For instance, if we see a Christian believer sinning (clearly I’m not talking about those who make a practice of sin in a way that is “fatal,” leading to eternal death), we ask for God’s help and he gladly gives it, gives life to the sinner whose sin is not fatal. There is such a thing as a fatal sin, and I’m not urging you to pray about that. Everything we do wrong is sin, but not all sin is fatal.
James 5:16 - Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again.
Judges 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Don’t be impatient with me, but let me say one more thing. I want to try another time with the fleece. But this time let the fleece stay dry, while the dew drenches the ground.”