Job 9:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and [if] I be righteous, [yet] will I not lift up my head. [I am] full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
  • Job 8:5 : 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
  • 1 Kgs 8:38-39 : 38 What prayer and supplication soever be [made] by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, [even] thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
  • 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [was] God.
  • Job 5:8 : 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
  • Job 22:27 : 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 ¶ Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]: 32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
  • Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 9:16
    84%

    16If I had called, and he had answered me; [yet] would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

  • Job 9:14
    84%

    14¶ How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words [to reason] with him?

  • Job 9:32
    80%

    32For [he is] not a man, as I [am, that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.

  • Job 9:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?

    20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

    21[Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

  • Job 23:3-7
    5 verses
    77%

    3Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!

    4I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

    6Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.

    7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified.

    19Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • Job 19:7
    76%

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

  • Job 13:22
    76%

    22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • Job 32:14
    75%

    14Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

  • Job 9:35
    75%

    35[Then] would I speak, and not fear him; but [it is] not so with me.

  • Job 40:8
    75%

    8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  • Job 9:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1¶ Then Job answered and said,

    2I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

    3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

  • Job 31:14
    74%

    14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12Behold, [in] this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

    13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

  • Job 6:10
    73%

    10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 33:32
    73%

    32If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

  • Job 19:16
    73%

    16I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

  • Job 31:35
    73%

    35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.

  • Job 13:15
    73%

    15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

  • Job 13:3
    73%

    3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • Job 31:28
    73%

    28This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.

  • Job 5:8
    73%

    8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • Ps 143:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1¶ A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.

    2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

  • Job 10:15
    72%

    15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and [if] I be righteous, [yet] will I not lift up my head. [I am] full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

  • Job 34:5
    72%

    5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

  • Job 10:2
    72%

    2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  • Job 14:15
    72%

    15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

  • Job 40:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

    5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

  • Job 9:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

    29[If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

  • Job 16:17
    71%

    17¶ Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.

  • Job 19:5
    71%

    5If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:

  • Job 7:21
    71%

    21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].

  • Jer 2:35
    71%

    35Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

  • Job 33:9
    71%

    9I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.

  • Job 30:20
    71%

    20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].

  • Job 16:21
    70%

    21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!

  • Job 27:6
    70%

    6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.