Job 23:4

Job's Eighth Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

³ If only I knew how to find Him,
so that I could go to His throne.
⁴ I would plead my case before Him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵ I would learn how He would answer me;
and understand what He would say to me.

Plead My Case

Job

Job 13:18

Now then, I have prepared my case;
I know that I am right.

Genesis 18:25-32

You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Genesis 32:12

You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”

Exodus 32:12-13

Why should the Egyptians say, ‘He brought them out with an evil intent to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from Your great anger and relent concerning this disaster planned for Your people.

Numbers 14:13-19

But Moses replied to the Lord, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from them.

Joshua 7:8-9

What can I say, Lord, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?

Job 37:19

Teach us what we should say to Him;
we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness.

Psalm 25:11

Because of Your name, Yahweh,
forgive my sin, for it is great.

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly nation;
rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Isaiah 43:26

Take Me to court; let us argue our case together.
State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

Daniel 9:18-19

Listen, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city called by Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You based on our righteous acts, but based on Your abundant compassion.