8 Bible Verses about Numbers Of Righteous People
Most Relevant Verses
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
If there be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou destroy it and not spare the place for the sake of fifty righteous that are therein?
And the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, I will spare all the place for their sakes."
What though there lack five of fifty righteous, wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five?" And he said, "If I find there forty and five I will not destroy them."
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, "What if there be forty found there?" And he said, "I will not do it for forty's sake."
And he said, "O let not my LORD be angry, that I speak. What if there be found thirty there?" And he said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
And he said, "Oh, see, I have begun to speak unto my LORD, what if there be twenty found there?" And he said, "I will not destroy them for twenty's sake."
And he said, "O let not my LORD be angry, that I speak yet, but even once more only. What if ten be found there?" And he said, "I will not destroy them for ten's sake."