Job 23:4

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I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

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  • Job 13:18 : 18 See now, I have prepared my case; I know I will be vindicated.
  • Job 37:19 : 19 Teach us what we should say to Him, for we cannot present our case because of the darkness.
  • Ps 25:11 : 11 For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.
  • Isa 43:26 : 26 Remind Me; let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be justified.
  • Dan 9:18-19 : 18 Incline Your ear, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our pleas before You on account of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercy. 19 Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, pay attention and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, my God, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.
  • Gen 18:25-32 : 25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?' 26 The LORD replied, 'If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the entire place for their sake.' 27 Then Abraham answered, 'I have ventured to speak to the Lord, though I am but dust and ashes. 28 'Suppose the fifty righteous people lack five. Will You destroy the entire city for lack of five?' He replied, 'If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.' 29 Once again Abraham spoke to Him, 'What if forty are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of forty, I will not do it.' 30 Then Abraham said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if thirty are found there?' He replied, 'I will not do it if I find thirty there.' 31 Abraham said, 'Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there.' He answered, 'For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.' 32 Finally, he said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if ten are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.'
  • Gen 32:12 : 12 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from Esau, for I am afraid of him. He might come and strike me, the mothers, and the children.
  • Exod 32:12-13 : 12 Why should the Egyptians say, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger and relent concerning this disaster against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself: 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and they shall inherit it forever.'
  • Num 14:13-19 : 13 But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them. 14 They will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, LORD, are among these people, that you, LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. 15 If you put all these people to death as one man, the nations who have heard about your fame will say, 16 'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.' 17 Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 18 'The LORD is slow to anger, abundant in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion; yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity upon the children to the third and fourth generation.' 19 Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven them from Egypt until now.
  • Josh 7:8-9 : 8 Pardon me, O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has turned its back and fled from its enemies? 9 The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of this and surround us. They will cut off our name from the earth. And then, what will you do for your great name?

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    6Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength.

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  • Job 23:3
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    3If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling.

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

  • Job 5:8
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    8But I would seek God and place my cause before the Almighty.

  • Job 13:18-19
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    18See now, I have prepared my case; I know I will be vindicated.

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

  • Job 33:5
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  • Job 31:35-37
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    35Oh, that someone would hear me! I sign now my defense; let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out his charges in a book.

    36Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.

    37I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him like a prince.

  • Job 42:4
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    6Listen now to my argument and pay attention to the contentions of my lips.

  • Job 21:3-4
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    3Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, you may mock.

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  • Job 11:5
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    5But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • Job 9:14-15
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  • Job 33:32
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    32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to justify you.

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  • Job 16:21
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    21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as one does for his neighbor.

  • Job 16:4-5
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    4I 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.

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    20Let me speak so that I may find relief; let me open my lips and answer.

  • Job 6:8-10
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  • Job 13:13-15
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    13Be silent and let me speak. Whatever happens to me, let it come!

    14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

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

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

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    23Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

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    14But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

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    17I too will give my answer; I will express my opinion as well.

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    24Teach me, and I will be silent; help me understand where I have gone astray.

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    32For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.

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