Job 9:16

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

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  • Exod 6:9 : 9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh slavery.
  • Judg 6:13 : 13 Gideon said to him, 'Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about, saying, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.'
  • Job 29:24 : 24 When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it; and the light of my face brought them no discouragement.
  • Ps 18:6 : 6 The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the traps of death confronted me.
  • Ps 66:18-20 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 But truly, God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer or His mercy from me!
  • Ps 116:1-2 : 1 I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my pleas for mercy. 2 Because he has inclined his ear to me, I will call to him as long as I live.
  • Ps 126:1 : 1 When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion, we were like those who dream.
  • Luke 24:41 : 41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
  • Acts 12:14-16 : 14 Recognizing Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that she did not open the gate but ran inside to announce that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 They said to her, 'You are out of your mind.' But she kept insisting that it was so. Then they said, 'It must be his angel.' 16 Peter, however, kept knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.

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

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

  • Job 13:22
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    22Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me.

  • Job 19:16
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    16I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I must plead with him with my own mouth.

  • Job 9:17-19
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    17For He crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.

    18He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

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

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

  • Job 30:20
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    20I cry out to You, but You do not answer; I stand up, but You just look at me.

  • Job 9:32
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    32For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.

  • Job 14:15
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    15You will call, and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.

  • Job 31:35
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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.

  • Ps 17:6
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    6I call on you, God, for you will answer me. Turn your ear to me and hear my words.

  • Job 9:35
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    35Then I would speak without fear of Him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

  • Job 6:9-10
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    9That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

    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.

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    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.

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    9Will God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?

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

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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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    28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me.

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

  • Ps 66:18-19
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    18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

    19But truly, God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.

  • Job 13:19
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    19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

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    8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

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    1For the Chief Musician, according to Jeduthun, a psalm of Asaph.

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    11Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him; He moves on, and I do not perceive Him.

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    13Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not regard them.

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    16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form was before my eyes; silence, and then I heard a voice:

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

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