Isaiah 43:26

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

Isaiah 1:18

“Come, let us discuss this,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they will be as white as snow;
though they are as red as crimson,
they will be like wool.

All the nations are gathered together,
and the peoples are assembled.
Who among them can declare this,
and tell us the former things?
Let them present their witnesses
to vindicate themselves,
so that people may hear and say, “It is true.”

Job 40:4-5

I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
I place my hand over my mouth.

Job 40:7-8

Get ready to answer Me like a man;
When I question you, you will inform Me.

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.’”

Job 16:21

I wish that someone might arbitrate
between a man and God
just as a man pleads for his friend.

Job 23:3-6

If only I knew how to find Him,
so that I could go to His throne.

Psalm 141:2

May my prayer be set before You as incense,
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.

Isaiah 41:1

“Be silent before Me, islands!
And let peoples renew their strength.
Let them approach, then let them testify;
let us come together for the trial.

Isaiah 50:8

The One who vindicates Me is near;
who will contend with Me?
Let us confront each other.
Who has a case against Me?
Let him come near Me!

Jeremiah 2:21-35

I planted you, a choice vine
from the very best seed.
How then could you turn into
a degenerate, foreign vine?

Ezekiel 36:37

“This is what the Lord God says: I will respond to the house of Israel and do this for them: I will multiply them in number like a flock.

Luke 10:29

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 16:15

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

Luke 18:9-14

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

Romans 8:33

Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?
God is the One who justifies.

Romans 10:3

Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.

Romans 11:35

Or who has ever first given to Him,
and has to be repaid?

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