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Job 10:7
even though you know that I am not wicked and that there is no one who can rescue from your power?
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Job 33:9
“ I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.
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Job 29:11-17
When they heard me, they blessed me, and when they saw me, they spoke well of me.For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.The dying blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.I clothed myself in righteousness, and it enveloped me; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
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Job 10:2
I will say to God,“ Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why you prosecute me.
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Job 23:7
Then an upright man could reason with him, and I would escape from my Judge forever.
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Job 6:29
Reconsider; don’t be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.
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Job 27:4-6
my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit.I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity until I die.I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live!
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Job 13:15
Even if he kills me, I will hope in him. I will still defend my ways before him.
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Job 31:1-40
I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I look at a young woman?For what portion would I have from God above, or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust and misfortune to evildoers?Does he not see my ways and number all my steps?If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,let God weigh me on accurate scales, and he will recognize my integrity.If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands,let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted.If my heart has gone astray over a woman or I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,let my own wife grind grain for another man, and let other men sleep with her.For that would be a disgrace; it would be an iniquity deserving punishment.For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon; it would destroy my entire harvest.If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants when they made a complaint against me,what could I do when God stands up to judge? How should I answer him when he calls me to account?Did not the one who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same God form us both in the womb?If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s eyes go blind,if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it—for from my youth, I raised him as his father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow—if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing or a needy person without a cloak,if he did not bless me while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,then let my shoulder blade fall from my back, and my arm be pulled from its socket.For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of his majesty I could not do these things.If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust,if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired so much,if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor,so that my heart was secretly enticed and I threw them a kiss,this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment, for I would have denied God above.Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress, or become excited when trouble came his way?I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.Haven’t the members of my household said,“ Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table?”No stranger had to spend the night on the street, for I opened my door to the traveler.Have I covered my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heartbecause I greatly feared the crowds and because the contempt of the clans terrified me, so I grew silent and would not go outside?If only I had someone to hear my case! Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me. Let my Opponent compose his indictment.I would surely carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.I would give him an account of all my steps; I would approach him like a prince.If my land cries out against me and its furrows join in weeping,if I have consumed its produce without payment or shown contempt for its tenants,then let thorns grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are concluded.