Job 23:6

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

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  • Job 13:21 : 21 Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
  • Ps 138:3 : 3 On the day I called, you answered me; you made me bold and strengthened my soul.
  • Isa 27:4 : 4 I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me, I would march against them in battle and completely burn them together.
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 With exact measure, by sending her away, you contend with her. He drives her out with his fierce wind on the day of the east wind.
  • Ezek 20:33 : 33 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will rule over you with a mighty hand, an outstretched arm, and with outpoured wrath.
  • Ezek 20:35 : 35 I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted Him and remained unharmed?
  • Job 9:19 : 19 If it is a matter of strength, He is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
  • Job 9:33-34 : 33 There is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both. 34 Let Him remove His rod from me, and let His terror not frighten me.

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  • Job 23:3-5
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    3 If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling.

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

    5 I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me.

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

  • 19 If it is a matter of strength, He is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

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

  • Job 6:9-11
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    9 That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

    10 It 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.

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

  • Job 9:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 If someone desired to argue with Him, they could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

    4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted Him and remained unharmed?

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

  • Job 40:8-9
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    8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

    9 Do you have an arm like God's, and can your voice thunder like His?

  • Job 9:14-15
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    14 How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.

    15 Even if I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I could only plead for mercy with my judge.

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

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

  • 4 Is it because of your reverence that He rebukes you and brings you into judgment?

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

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

  • Job 33:12-13
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    12 But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than a man.

    13 Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.

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

  • Job 9:34-35
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    34 Let Him remove His rod from me, and let His terror not frighten me.

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

  • 5 If indeed you are exalting yourselves over me and using my disgrace to argue against me,

  • 8 He who vindicates me is near. Who will bring charges against me? Let us face each other. Who is my accuser? Let him confront me.

  • 19 Will your cry for help set things in order in distress, or will your exertions of strength suffice?

  • 23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?

  • 2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.

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

  • 23 For He does not need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

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

  • 10 His sneezes flash forth light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

  • 16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

  • 10 Does he delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?

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

  • 22 Yet God drags away the mighty with His power; though they rise up, they do not trust in their own lives.

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

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

  • 23 The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is great in power, and in justice and abundant righteousness, He does not oppress.

  • Job 31:36-37
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    36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.

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

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

  • 14 He will complete what he has planned for me, and many such things are in his mind.

  • 13 "With Him are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are His."

  • 1 Then Job answered and said:

  • 14 what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when He calls me to account?

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