Job 36:5
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5 “Surely God is mighty and does not despise any;
he is mighty in strength of understanding.(A)
Psalm 22:24
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24 For he did not despise or abhor
the affliction of the afflicted;
he did not hide his face from me[a]
but heard when I[b] cried to him.(A)
Jeremiah 10:12
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12 It is he who made the earth by his power,
who established the world by his wisdom
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.(A)
Psalm 138:6
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6 For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he perceives from far away.(A)
Psalm 147:5
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5 Great is our Lord and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.(A)
Job 37:23
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23 The Almighty[a]—we cannot find him;
he is great in power and justice,
and abundant righteousness he will not violate.(A)
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- 37.23 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Jeremiah 32:19
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19 great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of mortals, rewarding all according to their ways and according to the fruit of their doings.(A)
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Job 31:13
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13 “If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves,
when they brought a complaint against me,(A)
Job 26:12-14
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12 By his power he stilled the Sea;
by his understanding he struck down Rahab.(A)
13 By his wind the heavens were made fair;
his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.(B)
14 These are indeed but the outskirts of his ways,
and how small a whisper do we hear of him!
But the thunder of his power who can understand?”(C)
Job 12:13-16
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13 “With God[a] are wisdom and strength;
he has counsel and understanding.(A)
14 If he tears down, no one can rebuild;
if he shuts someone in, no one can open up.(B)
15 If he withholds the waters, they dry up;
if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.(C)
16 With him are strength and wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.(D)
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- 12.13 Heb him
Job 10:3
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3 Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise the work of your hands
and favor the schemes of the wicked?(A)
Job 9:19
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19 If it is a contest of strength, he is the strong one!
If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?[a]
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- 9.19 Compare Gk: Heb me
Job 9:14
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14 How then can I answer him,
choosing my words with him?
1 Corinthians 1:24-28
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24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
26 Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards,[a] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.(A) 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;(B) 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to abolish things that are,
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- 1.26 Gk according to the flesh
Psalm 99:4
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4 Mighty King,[a] lover of justice,
you have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.(A)
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- 99.4 Cn: Heb And a king’s strength
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