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.”
1 Corinthians 2:16
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16 For (A)“who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” (B)But we have the mind of Christ.
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Isaiah 40:14
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14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him,
And (A)taught Him in the path of justice?
Who taught Him knowledge,
And showed Him the way of understanding?
Romans 11:34-36
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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.
Romans 9:19-23
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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?” 21 Does not the (C)potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make (D)one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering (E)the vessels of wrath (F)prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known (G)the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had (H)prepared beforehand for glory,
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Matthew 20:11
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11 And when they had received it, they [a]complained against the landowner,
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- Matthew 20:11 grumbled
Ezekiel 18:2
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2 “What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying:
‘The (A)fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
Isaiah 50:8
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8 (A)He is near who justifies Me;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us stand together.
Who is [a]My adversary?
Let him come near Me.
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- Isaiah 50:8 Lit. master of My judgment
Isaiah 45:9-11
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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?’ ”
11 Thus says the Lord,
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
(C)“Ask Me of things to come concerning (D)My sons;
And concerning (E)the work of My hands, you command Me.
Job 27:2
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2 “As God lives, (A)who has taken away my justice,
And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
Job 19:6-11
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6 Know then that (A)God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.
7 “If I cry out concerning [a]wrong, I am not heard.
If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
8 (B)He has [b]fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass;
And He has set darkness in my paths.
9 (C)He has stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
10 He breaks me down on every side,
And I am gone;
My (D)hope He has uprooted like a tree.
11 He has also kindled His wrath against me,
And (E)He counts me as one of His enemies.
Job 14:16-17
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16 For now (A)You number my steps,
But do not watch over my sin.
17 (B)My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You [a]cover my iniquity.
Footnotes
- Job 14:17 Lit. plaster over
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