Job 13:14

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Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

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  • Judg 12:3 : 3 "When I saw that you would not help, I risked my own life and crossed over to fight against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why have you come to fight against me today?"
  • 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 He risked his life to kill the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. So why would you sin by shedding innocent blood by killing David without cause?
  • 1 Sam 28:21 : 21 When the woman came to Saul and saw that he was greatly distressed, she said to him, "Behold, your servant has obeyed you. I have taken my life in my hands and done as you requested.
  • Ps 119:109 : 109 My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law.
  • Eccl 4:5 : 5 The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.
  • Isa 9:20 : 20 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Yet for all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still stretched out.
  • Isa 49:26 : 26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they will be drunk on their own blood as with new wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 You who tear yourself in anger—for your sake should the earth be abandoned, and the rock moved from its place?

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  • Job 13:15
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    15Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will defend my ways before Him.

  • Job 13:13
    81%

    13Be silent and let me speak. Whatever happens to me, let it come!

  • Job 13:19-22
    4 verses
    79%

    19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

    20Only grant me these two things, so that I will not hide myself from You:

    21Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

    22Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me.

  • Job 6:9-11
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    77%

    9That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

    10It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

    11What is my strength, that I should hope? What is my end, that I should prolong my life?

  • Job 7:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine.

    16I despise my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

  • Job 19:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20My bones cling to my skin and my flesh, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

    21Have pity on me, have pity on me, my friends, because the hand of God has struck me.

  • Job 21:4
    75%

    4Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • Job 10:20
    75%

    20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

  • Job 31:22-23
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    22then let my shoulder fall from its socket, and let my arm be broken off at the joint.

    23For I have always feared disaster from God, and because of His majesty, I could not do such a thing.

  • Job 7:11
    74%

    11Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 14:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

    14If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.

  • Job 6:13
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    13Indeed, there is no help in me, and ability has been driven from me.

  • Job 9:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34Let Him remove His rod from me, and let His terror not frighten me.

    35Then I would speak without fear of Him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

  • Job 19:26-27
    2 verses
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    26And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.

    27Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

  • Job 10:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1I am disgusted with my life; I will give voice to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

    2I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.

  • Job 27:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Far be it from me to justify you. Until my dying breath, I will not set aside my integrity.

    6I will hold on to my righteousness and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.

  • Job 15:13
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    13That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?

  • Job 13:24
    74%

    24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

  • Job 13:3
    74%

    3But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.

  • Ps 39:10
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    10I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • Jonah 4:3
    73%

    3Now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

  • Isa 38:15
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    15What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

  • 2 Sam 1:9
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    9He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for I am in agony and my life still lingers in me.'

  • Isa 27:5
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    5Or let them take hold of my refuge and make peace with me; yes, let them make peace with me.

  • Job 2:5
    72%

    5But stretch out your hand and strike his bone and flesh, and he will surely curse you to your face!

  • Job 16:9
    72%

    9His anger tears at me, and he hates me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

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    7There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Isa 38:13
    72%

    13I have calmed myself until morning; like a lion, He breaks all my bones. Day and night You bring me to an end.

  • Deut 32:40
    72%

    40For I lift My hand to the heavens and declare: As surely as I live forever,

  • Lam 3:4
    72%

    4He has worn away my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.

  • Job 6:4
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    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

  • Job 16:12
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    12I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

  • Job 16:15
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    15I have sewn sackcloth over my skin and buried my strength in the dust.

  • Job 27:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

    3as long as my breath remains in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

  • Job 9:14
    72%

    14How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.

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    72%

    25For he has stretched out his hand against God and boasts arrogantly against the Almighty.