16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
Job 19:16
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Job 9:15–17
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. 17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
Job 30:19–21
19 He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me. 21 You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
Job 19:6–8
6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me. 7 Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. 8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Job 13:21–23
21 Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me. 22 Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply. 23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
Job 5:1–2
1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn? 2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Job 11:4–6
4 You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’ 5 But if only God would speak and open His lips against you, 6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity d…
Proverbs 1:23–25
23 If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you. 24 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, 25 because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my corre…
Lamentations 3:7–9
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains. 8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer. 9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
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