Job 9:3
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3 If one wished to (A)contend with him,
one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
Job 10:2
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Job 40:2
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2 “Shall a faultfinder (A)contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
1 John 3:20
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20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
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1 John 1:8
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8 (A)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and (B)the truth is not in us.
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Romans 9:20
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20 But who are you, O man, (A)to answer back to God? (B)Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
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Isaiah 57:15-16
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15 For thus says (A)the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is (B)Holy:
(C)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also (D)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
(E)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 (F)For I will not contend forever,
nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
and the breath of life that I made.
Psalm 19:12
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Job 34:14-15
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14 If he should (A)set his heart to it
and (B)gather to himself his (C)spirit and his breath,
15 all flesh would perish together,
and man would (D)return to dust.
Job 33:13
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Job 31:35-37
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35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty (A)answer me!)
Oh, that I had (B)the indictment written by my adversary!
36 Surely I would carry it on my (C)shoulder;
I would (D)bind it on me as (E)a crown;
37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.
Job 23:3-7
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3 Oh, (A)that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his (B)seat!
4 I would (C)lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he (D)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would pay attention to me.
7 There an upright man could argue with him,
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Job 9:32-33
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32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,
that we should (A)come to trial together.
33 (B)There is no[a] arbiter between us,
who might lay his hand on us both.
Footnotes
- Job 9:33 Or Would that there were an
Job 9:20
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20 Though I am in the right, (A)my own mouth would condemn me;
though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
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