Job 9:3
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3 If one wished to [a]contend with Him,
He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
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- Job 9:3 argue
Job 10:2
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2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.
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 John 3:20
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20 (A)For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
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1 John 1:8
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8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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Romans 9:20
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20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? (A)Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
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Isaiah 57:15-16
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15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, (A)whose name is Holy:
(B)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
(C)With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
(D)To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
16 (E)For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls (F)which I have made.
Psalm 40:12
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12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
(A)My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me.
Psalm 19:12
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12 Who can understand his errors?
(A)Cleanse me from secret faults.
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.
Job 31:35-37
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35 (A)Oh, that I had one to hear me!
Here is my mark.
Oh, (B)that the Almighty would answer me,
That my [a]Prosecutor had written a book!
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
And bind it on me like a crown;
37 I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
Like a prince I would approach Him.
Footnotes
- Job 31:35 Lit. Accuser
Job 23:3-7
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3 (A)Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me,
And understand what He would say to me.
6 (B)Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
7 There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Job 9:32-33
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32 “For (A)He is not a man, as I am,
That I may answer Him,
And that we should go to court together.
33 (B)Nor is there any mediator between us,
Who may lay his hand on us both.
Job 9:20
New King James Version
20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;
Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
Job 34:14-15
New King James Version
14 If He should set His heart on it,
If He should (A)gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,
15 (B)All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.
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