Job 9:12

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

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“Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him;
He moves past me, but I do not perceive Him.
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“Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain or turn Him back?
Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’ ¹³
“God will not turn back His anger;
The [proud] helpers of Rahab [the arrogant monster of the sea] bow under Him.

O God

Job

Job 11:10

“If God passes by or arrests,
Or calls an assembly [of judgment], who can restrain Him?
[If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?]

Isaiah 45:9

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—
A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!
Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?

Job 23:13

“But He is unique and unchangeable, and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

Jeremiah 18:6

“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” says the Lord. “Look carefully, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

Job 33:13

“Why do you complain against Him?
That He does not answer [you with] all His doings.

Job 34:29

“When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him],
Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—

Daniel 4:35

“All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth;
And no one can hold back His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’

Matthew 11:26

Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

Matthew 20:15

Am I not lawfully permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’

Romans 9:18-20

So then, He has mercy on whom He wills (chooses), and He hardens [the heart of] whom He wills.

Romans 11:34

For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor?

Ephesians 1:11

In Him also we have received an inheritance [a destiny—we were claimed by God as His own], having been predestined (chosen, appointed beforehand) according to the purpose of Him who works everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will,