Job 13:18

Be Quiet While I Speak

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“Listen diligently to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.
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“Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.
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“Who will argue and contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.

Job

Job 23:4

“I would present my cause before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 9:2-3

“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?

Job 9:20

“Though I am innocent and in the right, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty;
Though I am blameless, He would denounce me as guilty.

Job 16:21

“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me]
Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.

Job 40:7-8

“Now gird up your loins (prepare yourself) like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.

Isaiah 43:26

“Remind Me [of your merits with a thorough report], let us plead and argue our case together;
State your position, that you may be proved right.

Romans 8:33-34

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect (His chosen ones)? It is God who justifies us [declaring us blameless and putting us in a right relationship with Himself].

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is our [reason for] proud confidence: our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world [in general], and especially toward you, with pure motives and godly sincerity, not in human wisdom, but in the grace of God [that is, His gracious lovingkindness that leads people to Christ and spiritual maturity].