Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Bible References

He will contend

Job 9:20
Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;
if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.
Job 10:2
I will say to God:
“Do not declare me guilty!
Let me know why You prosecute me.
Job 23:3
If only I knew how to find Him,
so that I could go to His throne.
Job 31:35
If only I had someone to hear my case!
Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me.
Let my Opponent compose His indictment.
Job 33:13
Why do you take Him to court
for not answering anything a person asks?
Job 34:14
If He put His mind to it
and withdrew the spirit and breath He gave,
Job 40:2
Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
Let him who argues with God give an answer.
Isaiah 57:15
For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.
Romans 9:20
But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

He cannot

Psalm 19:12
Who perceives his unintentional sins?
Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
Psalm 40:12
For troubles without number have surrounded me;
my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.
1 John 1:8
If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John 3:20
even if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience, and He knows all things.

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