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The First Cycle of Debate: The Condemnation of Tzophar
Then answered Tzophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
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Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
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The Accusation of False Doctrine
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
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The Desire for Divine Prosecution
But oh that Eloah would speak, and open his lips against thee;
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The Cruelty of the Transactional Matrix
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that Eloah exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
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The Unsearchable Architecture of Shadday
Canst thou by searching find out Eloah? canst thou find out Shadday unto perfection?
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It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
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The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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The Sovereign Restraint
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
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For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
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For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
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The False Promise of Instant Restoration
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
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If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
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For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
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Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
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And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
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And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
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Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
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The Threat Against the Wicked
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.