Ecclesiastes 6:10
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10 Whatever one is, he has been named (A)already,
For it is known that he is man;
(B)And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
Job 9:32
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32 “For (A)He is not a man, as I am,
That I may answer Him,
And that we should go to court together.
Isaiah 45:9-10
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9 “Woe to him who strives with (A)his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
(B)Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
10 Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”
Job 40:2
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2 “Shall (A)the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who (B)rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Romans 9:19-20
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19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For (A)who has resisted His will?” 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? (B)Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
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Jeremiah 49:19
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19 “Behold,(A) he shall come up like a lion from (B)the [a]floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will suddenly make him run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For (C)who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And (D)who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:19 Or thicket
Ecclesiastes 3:15
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15 (A)That which is has already been,
And what is to be has already been;
And God [a]requires an account of [b]what is past.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 Lit. seeks
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 what is pursued
Job 33:13
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13 Why do you (A)contend with Him?
For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
Genesis 3:17-19
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17 Then to Adam He said, (A)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (B)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
(C)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(D)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [a]bring forth for you,
And (E)you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 (F)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(G)For dust you are,
And (H)to dust you shall return.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:18 cause to grow
Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
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9 (A)That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which it may be said,
“See, this is new”?
It has already been in ancient times before us.
11 There is (B)no remembrance of former things,
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.
Psalm 82:6-7
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6 I said, (A)“You are [a]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.
7 But you shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 82:6 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods
Psalm 39:6
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6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they [a]busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:6 make an uproar for nothing
Job 14:1-4
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Job Speaks of Life’s Woes
14 “Man who is born of woman
Is of few days and (A)full of [a]trouble.
2 (B)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
3 And (C)do You open Your eyes on such a one,
And (D)bring [b]me to judgment with Yourself?
4 Who (E)can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
Job 9:3-4
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3 If one wished to [a]contend with Him,
He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
4 (A)God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
Footnotes
- Job 9:3 argue
Psalm 103:15
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15 As for man, (A)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Genesis 3:9
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9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
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