Job 9:3

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

² “In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a man be in the right before God?
³ “If one wished to dispute with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
⁴ “Wise in heart and mighty in strength,
Who has defied Him without harm?

Contend with Him

With God

Dispute With Him

Job

Job 10:2

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.

Job 40:2

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who reproves God answer it.”

Job 9:20

“Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.

Job 9:32-33

“For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court together.

Job 23:3-7

“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!

Job 31:35-37

“Oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my signature;
Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my adversary has written,

Job 33:13

“Why do you complain against Him
That He does not give an account of all His doings?

Job 34:14-15

“If He should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

Psalm 19:12

Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults.

Psalm 40:12

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

Isaiah 57:15-16

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,
“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

Romans 9:20

On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?

1 John 1:8

If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1 John 3:20

in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.