25 It is unthinkable of you that you are acting in this manner to put to death the righteous man with the wicked one so that it has to occur with the righteous man as it does with the wicked!+ It is unthinkable of you.+ Is the Judge of all the earth not going to do what is right?”+

12 Then the men said to Lot: “Do you have anyone else here? Son-in-law and your sons and your daughters and all who are yours in the city, bring out of the place!+

26 Then he spoke to the assembly, saying: “Turn aside, please, from before the tents of these wicked men and do not touch anything that belongs to them,+ that YOU may not be swept away in all their sin.”

31 So his servants said to him: “Here, now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kings of loving-kindness.+ Please, let us carry sackcloth+ upon our loins+ and ropes upon our heads, and let us go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will preserve your soul alive.”+

28 Loving-kindness and trueness*—they safeguard the king;+ and by loving-kindness he has sustained his throne.+