Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Bible References
Plead
Job 9:34
“Let Him take His rod away from me,
And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me.
“Let Him take His rod away from me,
And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me.
Job 13:3
“But I wish to speak tothe Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.
“But I wish to speak to
And I desire to argue with God.
Job 23:3
“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
Job 31:35
“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
Job 40:1
Then the Lord said to Job,
Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatever exists has already been named [long ago], and it is known what [a frail being] man is; for he cannot dispute with Him who is mightier than he.
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’?
“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’?
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”