Job 8:6
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6 if you are pure and upright,
surely then he will rouse himself for you
and restore to you your rightful place.(A)
Isaiah 51:9
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9 Awake, awake, put on strength,
O arm of the Lord!
Awake, as in days of old,
the generations of long ago!
Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,
who pierced the dragon?(A)
Isaiah 3:10
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10 Tell the innocent how fortunate they are,
for they shall eat the fruit of their labors.(A)
Proverbs 15:8
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8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is his delight.(A)
Job 5:24
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24 You shall know that your tent is safe;
you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.(A)
Psalm 59:4-5
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4 for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
Rouse yourself, come to my help and see!(A)
5 You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Awake to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah(B)
Psalm 7:6
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6 Rise up, O Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake, O my God;[a] you have appointed a judgment.(A)
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- 7.6 Or awake for me
Job 16:17
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17 though there is no violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.(A)
1 John 3:19-22
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19 And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him(A) 20 whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God, 22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.(B)
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1 Timothy 2:8
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8 I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument,
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.(A)
Psalm 44:23
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23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Awake, do not cast us off forever!(A)
Psalm 26:5-6
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5 I hate the company of evildoers
and will not sit with the wicked.(A)
6 I wash my hands in innocence
and go around your altar, O Lord,(B)
Job 22:23-30
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23 If you return to the Almighty,[a] you will be restored,
if you remove unrighteousness from your tents,(A)
24 if you treat gold like dust
and gold of Ophir like the stones of the torrent bed,(B)
25 and if the Almighty[b] is your gold
and your precious silver,(C)
26 then you will delight yourself in the Almighty[c]
and lift up your face to God.(D)
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will pay your vows.(E)
28 You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,
and light will shine on your ways.(F)
29 When others are humiliated, you say it is pride,
for he saves the humble.(G)
30 He will deliver even those who are guilty;
they will escape because of the cleanness of your hands.”[d](H)
Job 21:14-15
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14 They say to God, ‘Leave us alone!
We do not desire to know your ways.(A)
15 What is the Almighty,[a] that we should serve him?
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’(B)
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- 21.15 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 4:6-7
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6 Is not your fear of God your confidence
and the integrity of your ways your hope?(A)
7 “Think now, who that was innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright cut off?(B)
Job 1:8
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8 The Lord said to the accuser,[a] “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.”(A)
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- 1.8 Heb the satan
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