Job 13:18
“Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.
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
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
Isaiah 43:26
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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].
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I have ordered
“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me]
Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.
“I would present my cause before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.
“Now
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
I know
“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?
“Now
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
“
State your position, that you may be proved right.