Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

Bible References

Strive

Job 9:14
How then can I answer Him
or choose my arguments against Him?
Job 15:25
For he has stretched out his hand against God
and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.
Isaiah 45:9
“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?
Jeremiah 50:24
Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you were caught,
but you did not even know it.
You were found and captured
because you fought against the Lord.
Ezekiel 22:14
Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the days when I deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken, and I will act.
Acts 5:39
but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” So they were persuaded by him.
Acts 9:4
Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Giveth not account

Job 40:2
Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
Let him who argues with God give an answer.
Deuteronomy 29:29
The hidden things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.
Psalm 62:11
God has spoken once;
I have heard this twice:
strength belongs to God,
Isaiah 46:10
I declare the end from the beginning,
and from long ago what is not yet done,
saying: My plan will take place,
and I will do all My will.
Daniel 4:35
All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,
and He does what He wants with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can hold back His hand
or say to Him, “What have You done?”
Matthew 20:15
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’
Acts 1:7
He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority.
Romans 11:34
For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been His counselor?

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