Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
I sought
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I sought
Isaiah 59:16
And he saw that there was no man, and he was appalled that there was no one who intercedes, so his arm came to assist him, and his righteousness {was what} sustained him.
Isaiah 63:5
And I looked, but there was no helper, and I was appalled, but there was no one who sustains, so my arm came to assist me, and my wrath {was what} sustained me.
Jeremiah 5:1
"Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, and look please, and take note, and search at its public squares, if you can find a person [who] does justice, [who] seeks honesty, so that I may forgive it.
Make
Ezekiel 13:5
You did not go up into the breaches and repair a wall for the house of Israel to stand [firm] in the battle on the day of Yahweh.
Genesis 18:23
And Abraham drew near [to Yahweh] and said, "Will you also sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Exodus 32:10
And now leave me [alone] so that {my anger may blaze} against them, and let me destroy them, and I will make you into a great nation."
Psalm 106:23
So he said he would exterminate them, had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to reverse his wrath from destroying [them].
Jeremiah 15:1
Then Yahweh said to me, "[Even] if Moses and Samuel stood {before me}, my heart [would] not [be] to this people. Send [them] away from my {sight}, and let them go out.
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Genesis 18:26
And Yahweh said, "If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, in the midst of the city, then I will forgive the whole place for their sake."