23 which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle? 24 In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
Job 38:23–25
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Job 37:14–16
14 Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God. 15 Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash? 16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Job 28:25–27
25 When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters, 26 when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt, 27 then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
Job 38:36–38
36 Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind? 37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens 38 when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
Job 25:2–4
2 “Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven. 3 Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise? 4 How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
2 Esdras 16:9–11
9 A fire will go out from his wrath, and who may quench it? (WEB) 10 He will flash lightning, and who will not fear? He will thunder, and who wouldn’t tremble? (WEB) 11 The Lord will threaten, and who will not be utterly broken in pieces at his presence? (WEB)
Job 40:8–10
8 Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself? 9 Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His? 10 Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
Job 26:3–5
3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight! 4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you? 5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Job 34:12–14
12 Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice. 13 Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world? 14 If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
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