Job 16:20

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My intercessors are my friends; my eye drips to God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 12:4-5 : 4 "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, I who called on God and He answered me, a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!" 5 "Those who are at ease hold contempt for misfortune, as if it were prepared for the feet of those slipping."
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I could also speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
  • Job 17:2 : 2 Surely mockers are with me, and my eye must dwell on their provocations.
  • Ps 109:4 : 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
  • Ps 142:2 : 2 I cry out to the LORD with my voice; with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD.
  • Hos 12:4-5 : 4 In the womb, he grasped his brother’s heel; and in his strength, he struggled with God. 5 He struggled with the angel and prevailed. He wept and pleaded for favor. He found Him at Bethel, and there He spoke with us.
  • Luke 6:11-12 : 11 But they were filled with rage and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus. 12 During those days, Jesus went out to a mountain to pray, and He spent the entire night praying to God.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 During His earthly life, He offered prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission.

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    18Even little children despise me; when I rise, they speak against me.

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

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    2Surely mockers are with me, and my eye must dwell on their provocations.

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    6He has made me a byword among the peoples, and I have become one at whom they spit.

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    3My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

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