4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Job 16:4
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Job 19:4–6
4 Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone. 5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me, 6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
Job 33:4–6
4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 5 Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me. 6 I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
Job 21:2–4
2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me. 3 Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking. 4 Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
Job 23:3–5
3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. 4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
Job 9:14–16
14 How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him? 15 For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy. 16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
Job 32:16–18
16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply? 17 I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know. 18 For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
Ezekiel 35:12–14
12 Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’ 13 You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me.…
Job 9:34–35
34 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me. 35 Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
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