Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
Not a man
We should
General references
Bible References
Not a man
Job 33:12
Now in this, you are not right -- I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.
Job 35:5
Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, "Don't be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatever has happened was foreordained, and what happens to a person was also foreknown. It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate because God is more powerful than he is.
Isaiah 45:9
One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, "What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!"
Jeremiah 49:19
"A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Edomites off their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me, and there is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler who can stand up against me.
Romans 9:20
But who indeed are you -- a mere human being -- to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, "Why have you made me like this?"
1 John 3:20
that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.
We should
Job 13:18
See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.
Job 23:3
O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!
Psalm 143:2
Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
General references
Job 13:22
Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.