Job 23:7

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

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  • Job 13:3 : 3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.
  • Isa 1:18 : 18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
  • Jer 3:5 : 5 Will you always be angry? Will you remain so forever? This is what you say, but you do all the evil you can.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?
  • Rom 3:19-22 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 So now, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
  • Rom 8:33-34 : 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
  • Job 9:15 : 15 Even if I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I could only plead for mercy with my judge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 23:3-6
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    3If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling.

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

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

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

  • Job 13:18-19
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    79%

    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 40:8
    79%

    8Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

  • Job 23:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I cannot perceive him.

    9When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I cannot catch a glimpse of him.

  • Job 9:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

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

    20Even if I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.

  • Job 9:15
    77%

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

  • Job 9:32
    77%

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

  • Job 34:5
    76%

    5For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.'

  • Isa 50:8
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    8He who vindicates me is near. Who will bring charges against me? Let us face each other. Who is my accuser? Let him confront me.

  • Job 19:7
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    7Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

  • Ps 43:1
    76%

    1Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.

  • Job 10:2
    76%

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

  • Job 16:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

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

    22For only a few years will come, and the path I take will never return.

  • Job 13:3
    76%

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

  • Job 27:5-7
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    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.

    7May my enemy be like the wicked and my adversary like the unrighteous!

  • Job 7:21
    75%

    21Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.

  • Job 23:17
    75%

    17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness or by the deep gloom that covers my face.

  • Job 10:7
    75%

    7You know that I am not wicked, and that no one can deliver me from Your hand.

  • Ps 35:24
    75%

    24Vindicate me according to Your righteousness, Lord my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

  • Jer 12:1
    75%

    1You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?

  • Job 34:23
    75%

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

  • Ps 7:10
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    10Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, for You test hearts and minds, O righteous God.

  • Ps 143:2
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    2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.

  • Job 6:10
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    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.

  • Job 14:3
    74%

    3Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

  • Mic 7:9
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    9Because I have sinned against Him, I will bear the indignation of the LORD until He pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light, and I will see His righteousness.

  • Job 6:23
    74%

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

  • Ps 7:8
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    8Let the assembly of the nations gather around You; take Your seat on high above them.

  • Job 13:15
    74%

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

  • Ps 17:2
    74%

    2Let my vindication come from your presence; may your eyes see what is right.

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    74%

    15Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

  • Job 27:2
    74%

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

  • Job 31:28
    73%

    28then this too would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God above.

  • Job 10:20
    73%

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

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

  • Job 21:4
    73%

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

  • Ps 7:3-4
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    73%

    3Otherwise, they will tear me apart like a lion, ripping me to pieces with no one to rescue.

    4O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands,

  • Job 6:29
    73%

    29Relent, let there be no injustice; yes, relent, my righteousness still stands.

  • Job 33:9
    73%

    9'I am pure, without sin; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.'

  • Job 8:3
    73%

    3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty distort what is right?