Job 9:15
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15 Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him;
I must appeal to my accuser for my right.(A)
Job 10:15
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15 If I am wicked, woe to me!
If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and look upon my affliction.(A)
Job 8:5
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Footnotes
- 8.5 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 22:27
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27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will pay your vows.(A)
Job 10:2
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2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
let me know why you contend against me.(A)
Job 5:8
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8 “As for me, I would seek God,
and to God I would commit my cause.(A)
1 Peter 2:23
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23 When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.(A)
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1 Corinthians 4:4
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4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
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Daniel 9:18
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18 Incline your ear, O my God, and hear. Open your eyes and look at our desolation and the city that bears your name. We do not present our supplication before you on the ground of our righteousness but on the ground of your great mercies.(A)
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Daniel 9:3
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3 Then I turned to the Lord God to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:9
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9 With weeping they shall come,
and with consolations[a] I will lead them back;
I will let them walk by brooks of water,
in a straight path where they shall not stumble,
for I have become a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is my firstborn.(A)
Footnotes
- 31.9 Gk: Heb supplications
Job 34:31-32
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31 “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured punishment; I will not offend any more;
32 teach me what I do not see;
if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?(A)
Job 23:7
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7 There the upright could reason with him,
and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.(A)
2 Chronicles 33:13
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13 He prayed to him, and God received his entreaty, heard his plea, and restored him again to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord indeed was God.(A)
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1 Kings 8:38-39
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38 whatever prayer, whatever plea there is from any individual or from all your people Israel, all knowing the suffering of their own hearts so that they stretch out their hands toward this house; 39 then hear in heaven your dwelling place, forgive, act, and render to all whose hearts you know—according to all their ways, for only you know the human heart(A)—
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