Verse 23

The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is great in power, and in justice and abundant righteousness, He does not oppress.

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  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 He alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has seen Him or can see Him. To Him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
  • Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted Him and remained unharmed?
  • Job 36:5 : 5 Behold, God is mighty but does not despise anyone; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The Mighty King loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and His ways beyond tracing out!
  • Job 11:7 : 7 Can you search out the depths of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
  • Job 12:13 : 13 "With Him are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are His."
  • Job 16:7-9 : 7 Surely now, God has worn me out; you have devastated my entire household. 8 You have bound me up as a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me. 9 His anger tears at me, and he hates me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary sharpens his eyes against me. 10 They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me. 11 God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target. 13 His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground. 14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he rushes at me like a warrior. 15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin and buried my strength in the dust. 16 My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death. 17 Yet my hands are free of violence, and my prayer is pure.
  • Job 26:14 : 14 Behold, these are but the edges of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we hear of him! But the thunder of his power—who can understand?
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty distort what is right?
  • Job 9:19 : 19 If it is a matter of strength, He is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 Our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few days as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
  • Ps 146:6-7 : 6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains faithful forever. 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
  • Prov 30:3-4 : 3 I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his hands? Who has wrapped the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
  • Isa 45:21 : 21 Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
  • Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their distress, he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and compassion, he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
  • Lam 3:32-33 : 32 For though He causes grief, He will show compassion according to the abundance of His steadfast love. 33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
  • Ezek 18:23 : 23 Do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?
  • Ezek 18:32 : 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
  • Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  • Job 36:26 : 26 Behold, God is great, and we do not comprehend Him; the number of His years is unsearchable.
  • Job 37:19 : 19 Teach us what we should say to Him, for we cannot present our case because of the darkness.
  • Ps 30:5 : 5 Sing praises to the LORD, you His faithful ones, and give thanks to His holy name.
  • Ps 36:5-7 : 5 He plans wickedness on his bed; he positions himself on a way that is not good; he does not despise evil. 6 Lord, your steadfast love reaches to the heavens; your faithfulness to the clouds. 7 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; your judgments are like the great depths; O Lord, you preserve both man and beast.
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
  • Ps 65:6 : 6 You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
  • Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, 'How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power, Your enemies submit themselves to You.'
  • Ps 93:1 : 1 The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Indeed, the world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.