Job 9:15

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

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  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I am wicked, woe to me; if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head, filled with shame and seeing my misery.
  • Job 8:5 : 5 But if you earnestly seek God and plead for mercy from the Almighty,
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.
  • 1 Kgs 8:38-39 : 38 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among all Your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions in their own hearts and spreading out their hands toward this house— 39 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. Forgive and act, and give to each one according to all they do, since You know their hearts (for You alone know every human heart),
  • 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 He prayed to Him, and the LORD was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea. He brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
  • Job 5:8 : 8 But I would seek God and place my cause before the Almighty.
  • Job 22:27 : 27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 Suppose someone says to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend anymore.' 32 'Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.'
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They will come with weeping, and with pleas for mercy, I will lead them. I will guide them to streams of water on a straight path where they will not stumble, for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking Him in prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
  • Dan 9:18 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but that does not make me innocent. The one who judges me is the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 9:16
    84%

    16If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.

  • Job 9:14
    84%

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

  • Job 9:32
    80%

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

  • Job 9:19-21
    3 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.

    21Though I am blameless, I do not even understand myself; I despise my life.

  • Job 23:3-7
    5 verses
    77%

    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.

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

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    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 19:7
    76%

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

  • Job 13:22
    76%

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

  • Job 32:14
    75%

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

  • Job 9:35
    75%

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

  • Job 40:8
    75%

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

  • Job 9:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Then Job answered and said:

    2Truly, I know this is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

    3If someone desired to argue with Him, they could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

  • Job 31:14
    74%

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

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than a man.

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

  • Job 6:10
    73%

    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 33:32
    73%

    32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to justify you.

  • Job 19:16
    73%

    16I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I must plead with him with my own mouth.

  • Job 31:35
    73%

    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.

  • Job 13:15
    73%

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

  • Job 13:3
    73%

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

  • Job 31:28
    73%

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

  • Job 5:8
    73%

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

  • Ps 143:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1A psalm of David. Lord, hear my prayer; listen to my pleas for mercy. In your faithfulness and righteousness, answer me.

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

  • Job 10:15
    72%

    15If I am wicked, woe to me; if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head, filled with shame and seeing my misery.

  • Job 34:5
    72%

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

  • Job 10:2
    72%

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

  • Job 14:15
    72%

    15You will call, and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.

  • Job 40:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

    5I have spoken once, but I will not answer; twice, but I will say no more.

  • Job 9:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28I still dread all my suffering, for I know You will not hold me innocent.

    29Since I am already condemned, why should I labor in vain?

  • Job 16:17
    71%

    17Yet my hands are free of violence, and my prayer is pure.

  • Job 19:5
    71%

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

  • Job 7:21
    71%

    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.

  • Jer 2:35
    71%

    35Yet you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.' But I will bring you to judgment because you say, 'I have not sinned.'

  • Job 33:9
    71%

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

  • Job 30:20
    71%

    20I cry out to You, but You do not answer; I stand up, but You just look at me.

  • Job 16:21
    70%

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

  • Job 27:6
    70%

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