Job 8:5
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5 If you will seek God
and (A)plead with the Almighty for mercy,
Job 8:5
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James 4:7-10
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7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. (A)Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 (B)Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. (C)Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and (D)purify your hearts, (E)you double-minded. 9 (F)Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (G)Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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James 4:7-10
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7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,(A) and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.(B) Wash your hands,(C) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(D) you double-minded.(E) 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.(F) 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.(G)
Hebrews 3:7-8
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A Rest for the People of God
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,
(A)“Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
Hebrews 3:7-8
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Warning Against Unbelief
7 So, as the Holy Spirit says:(A)
“Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts(B)
as you did in the rebellion,
during the time of testing in the wilderness,
Job 11:13
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Job 11:13
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 (A)“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:6-7
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Ask, and It Will Be Given
7 (A)“Ask, (B)and it will be given to you; (C)seek, and you will find; (D)knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Ask, Seek, Knock(A)
7 “Ask and it will be given to you;(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;(C) and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
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12 And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God (A)and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 He prayed to him, and (B)God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. (C)Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
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2 Chronicles 33:12-13
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12 In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled(A) himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 13 And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.
Job 22:21-30
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21 (A)“Agree with God, and (B)be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.
22 Receive instruction from (C)his mouth,
and (D)lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you (E)return to the Almighty you will be (F)built up;
if you (G)remove injustice far from your tents,
24 if you lay gold in (H)the dust,
and gold of (I)Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
25 then the Almighty will be your gold
and your precious silver.
26 For then you (J)will delight yourself in the Almighty
and (K)lift up your face to God.
27 You will (L)make your prayer to him, and he will hear you,
and you will (M)pay your vows.
28 You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,
and (N)light will shine on your ways.
29 For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride’;[a]
but he saves (O)the lowly.
30 He (P)delivers even the one who is not innocent,
who will be delivered through (Q)the cleanness of your hands.”
Footnotes
- Job 22:29 Or you say, ‘It is exaltation’
Job 22:21-30
New International Version
21 “Submit to God and be at peace(A) with him;(B)
in this way prosperity will come to you.(C)
22 Accept instruction from his mouth(D)
and lay up his words(E) in your heart.(F)
23 If you return(G) to the Almighty, you will be restored:(H)
If you remove wickedness far from your tent(I)
24 and assign your nuggets(J) to the dust,
your gold(K) of Ophir(L) to the rocks in the ravines,(M)
25 then the Almighty will be your gold,(N)
the choicest silver for you.(O)
26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty(P)
and will lift up your face(Q) to God.(R)
27 You will pray to him,(S) and he will hear you,(T)
and you will fulfill your vows.(U)
28 What you decide on will be done,(V)
and light(W) will shine on your ways.(X)
29 When people are brought low(Y) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
then he will save the downcast.(Z)
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,(AA)
who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”(AB)
Job 5:8
English Standard Version
8 “As for me, I would seek God,
and to God would I commit my cause,
Job 5:8
New International Version
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.(A)
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