Job 9:15

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Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.
  • Job 8:5 : 5 But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say to God,‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’
  • 1 Kgs 8:38-39 : 38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple, 39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives.(Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)
  • 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 When he prayed to the LORD, the LORD responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The LORD brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the LORD is the true God.
  • Job 5:8 : 8 Blessings for the One Who Seeks God“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.
  • Job 22:27 : 27 You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 Job Is Foolish to Rebel“Has anyone said to God,‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more. 32 Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
  • Dan 9:18 : 18 Listen attentively, my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins and the city called by your name. For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, but because your compassion is abundant.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 9:16
    84%

    16If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice–

  • Job 9:14
    84%

    14The Impossibility of Facing God in Court“How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!

  • Job 9:32
    80%

    32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

  • Job 9:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’

    20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.

    21I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.

  • Job 23:3-7
    5 verses
    77%

    3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

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

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

    6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.

    7There an upright person could present his case before 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 that I am right.

    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • Job 19:7
    76%

    7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Job 13:22
    76%

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

  • Job 32:14
    75%

    14Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

  • Job 9:35
    75%

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

  • Job 40:8
    75%

    8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

  • Job 9:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job answered:

    2“Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

    3If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

  • Job 31:14
    74%

    14then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12Now in this, you are not right– I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

    13Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

  • Job 6:10
    73%

    10Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 33:32
    73%

    32If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you.

  • Job 19:16
    73%

    16I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.

  • Job 31:35
    73%

    35Job’s Appeal“If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature– let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.

  • Job 13:15
    73%

    15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

  • Job 13:3
    73%

    3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

  • Job 31:28
    73%

    28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

  • Job 5:8
    73%

    8Blessings for the One Who Seeks God“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

  • Ps 143:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1A psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!

    2Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.

  • Job 10:15
    72%

    15If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.

  • Job 34:5
    72%

    5For Job says,‘I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

  • Job 10:2
    72%

    2I will say to God,‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’

  • Job 14:15
    72%

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

  • Job 40:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4“Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.

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

  • Job 9:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

    29If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?

  • Job 16:17
    71%

    17although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

  • Job 19:5
    71%

    5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me,

  • Job 7:21
    71%

    21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

  • Jer 2:35
    71%

    35you say,‘I have not done anything wrong, so the LORD cannot really be angry with me any more.’ But, watch out! I will bring down judgment on you because you say,‘I have not committed any sin.’

  • Job 33:9
    71%

    9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

  • Job 30:20
    71%

    20I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

  • Job 16:21
    70%

    21and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

  • Job 27:6
    70%

    6I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.