Job 9:32
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32 For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him,
that we should come to trial together.(A)
Romans 9:20
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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A)
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Ecclesiastes 6:10
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10 Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what humans are and that they are not able to dispute with those who are stronger.(A)
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Psalm 143:2
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2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.(A)
Numbers 23:19
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19 God is not a human being, that he should lie,
or a mortal, that he should change his mind.
Has he promised, and will he not do it?
Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?(A)
1 John 3:20
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20 whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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Jeremiah 49:19
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19 Like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a perennial pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom[a] away from it, and I will appoint over it whomever I choose.[b] For who is like me? Who can summon me? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?(A)
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Isaiah 45:9
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9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
or “Your work has no handles”?(A)
Footnotes
- 45.9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds or with the potters
Job 35:5-7
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5 Look at the heavens and see;
observe the clouds, which are higher than you.(A)
6 If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?(B)
7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him,
or what does he receive from your hand?(C)
Job 33:12
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12 “But in this you are not right. I will answer you:
God is greater than any mortal.
Job 23:3-7
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3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his dwelling!(A)
4 I would lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.(B)
5 I would learn what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No, but he would give heed to me.
7 There the upright could reason with him,
and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.(C)
Job 13:18-23
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18 I have indeed prepared my case;
I know that I shall be vindicated.
19 Who is there who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.(A)
Job’s Despondent Prayer
20 “Only grant two things to me;
then I will not hide myself from your face:
21 withdraw your hand far from me,
and do not let dread of you terrify me.(B)
22 Then call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you reply to me.(C)
23 How many are my iniquities and my sins?
Make me know my transgression and my sin.(D)
1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him, for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”(A)
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