Job 10:3
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3 Does it seem good to You that You should oppress,
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
Isaiah 64:8
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8 But now, O Lord,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our (A)potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.
Psalm 138:8
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8 (A)The Lord will [a]perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
(B)Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
Footnotes
- Psalm 138:8 complete
Job 14:15
New King James Version
15 (A)You shall call, and I will answer You;
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
Jeremiah 12:1-3
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Jeremiah’s Question
12 Righteous (A)are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?
2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root;
They grow, yes, they bear fruit.
(C)You are near in their mouth
But far from their [a]mind.
3 But You, O Lord, (D)know me;
You have seen me,
And You have (E)tested my heart toward You.
Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
And prepare them for (F)the day of slaughter.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:2 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys
1 Peter 4:19
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19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God (A)commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
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Lamentations 3:2-18
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2 He has led me and made me walk
In darkness and not in light.
3 Surely He has turned His hand against me
Time and time again throughout the day.
4 He has aged (A)my flesh and my skin,
And (B)broken my bones.
5 He has besieged me
And surrounded me with bitterness and [a]woe.
6 (C)He has set me in dark places
Like the dead of long ago.
7 (D)He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out;
He has made my chain heavy.
8 Even (E)when I cry and shout,
He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.
10 (F)He has been to me a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in [b]ambush.
11 He has turned aside my ways and (G)torn me in pieces;
He has made me desolate.
12 He has bent His bow
And (H)set me up as a target for the arrow.
13 He has caused (I)the [c]arrows of His quiver
To pierce my [d]loins.
14 I have become the (J)ridicule of all my people—
(K)Their taunting song all the day.
15 (L)He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink wormwood.
16 He has also broken my teeth (M)with gravel,
And [e]covered me with ashes.
17 You have moved my soul far from peace;
I have forgotten [f]prosperity.
18 (N)And I said, “My strength and my hope
Have perished from the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:5 hardship or weariness
- Lamentations 3:10 Lit. secret places
- Lamentations 3:13 Lit. sons of
- Lamentations 3:13 Lit. kidneys
- Lamentations 3:16 Lit. bent me down in
- Lamentations 3:17 Lit. good
Psalm 69:33
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33 For the Lord hears the poor,
And does not despise (A)His prisoners.
Job 40:8
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Job 40:8 nullify
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.”
Job 36:17-18
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17 But you are filled with the judgment due the (A)wicked;
Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow;
For (B)a large ransom would not help you avoid it.
Job 36:7-9
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7 (A)He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But (B)they are on the throne with kings,
For He has seated them forever,
And they are exalted.
8 And (C)if they are bound in [a]fetters,
Held in the cords of affliction,
9 Then He tells them their work and their transgressions—
That they have acted [b]defiantly.
Job 34:18-19
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18 (A)Is it fitting to say to a king, ‘You are worthless,’
And to nobles, ‘You are wicked’?
19 Yet He (B)is not partial to princes,
Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor;
For (C)they are all the work of His hands.
Job 34:5-7
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Job 22:18
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18 Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:16
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Footnotes
- Job 21:16 Lit. their goal
Job 9:24
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24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, who else could it be?
Job 9:22
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22 It is all one thing;
Therefore I say, (A)‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’
Job 8:20
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Job 8:20 reject
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