Job 33:12
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12 “But you are wrong, and I will show you why.
For God is greater than any human being.
Ezekiel 18:25
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25 “Yet you say, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right!’ Listen to me, O people of Israel. Am I the one not doing what’s right, or is it you?
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Job 36:5
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5 “God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!
He is mighty in both power and understanding.
Romans 9:19-21
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19 Well then, you might say, “Why does God blame people for not responding? Haven’t they simply done what he makes them do?”
20 No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
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Jeremiah 18:6
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6 “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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20 Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.
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Job 40:8-9
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8 “Will you discredit my justice
and condemn me just to prove you are right?
9 Are you as strong as God?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
Job 40:2
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2 “Do you still want to argue with the Almighty?
You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?”
Job 36:22-23
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Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power
22 “Look, God is all-powerful.
Who is a teacher like him?
23 No one can tell him what to do,
or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’
Job 35:4
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4 “I will answer you
and all your friends, too.
Job 35:2
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2 “Do you think it is right for you to claim,
‘I am righteous before God’?
Job 34:23
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23 We don’t set the time
when we will come before God in judgment.
Job 34:17-19
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17 Could God govern if he hated justice?
Are you going to condemn the almighty judge?
18 For he says to kings, ‘You are wicked,’
and to nobles, ‘You are unjust.’
19 He doesn’t care how great a person may be,
and he pays no more attention to the rich than to the poor.
He made them all.
Job 34:10-12
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10 “Listen to me, you who have understanding.
Everyone knows that God doesn’t sin!
The Almighty can do no wrong.
11 He repays people according to their deeds.
He treats people as they deserve.
12 Truly, God will not do wrong.
The Almighty will not twist justice.
Job 32:17
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17 No, I will say my piece.
I will speak my mind.
Job 26:14
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14 These are just the beginning of all that he does,
merely a whisper of his power.
Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?”
Job 9:4
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4 For God is so wise and so mighty.
Who has ever challenged him successfully?
Job 1:22
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22 In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God.
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