plead

Job 9:19, 33, 34
If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him? . . .

Job 13:21
Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

Isaiah 27:4, 8
I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground. . . .

Ezekiel 20:33, 35
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you. . . .

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Psalm 138:3
On the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold and strengthened my soul.

2 Corinthians 12:9, 10
But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. . . .