Job 40:5

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Job 40:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 Then Job answered the LORD:

4 “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

5 I have spoken once, but I have no answer— twice, but I have nothing to add.”

6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

7 “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

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Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Job 33:14

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Jeremiah 31:18

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After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’