Job 16:20

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Job 16:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

19 Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.

20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

21 Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!

22 For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 16:4

I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

Job 12:4

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

Job 12:5

The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Job 17:2

Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

Psalms 109:4

In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

Psalms 142:2

I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.

Hosea 12:4

Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —

Hosea 12:5

the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.

Luke 6:11

But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 6:12

In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

Hebrews 5:7

During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.