plead
Job 9:34
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
Job 9:35
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
Job 13:3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Job 13:22
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job 23:3-7
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Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
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I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
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I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
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Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Job 31:35
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
Job 40:1-5
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Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
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Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
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Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
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Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Ecclesiastes 6:10
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Isaiah 45:9
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Romans 9:20
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?