2:4 But Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life! 2:5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
3:9 Let its morning stars be darkened;
let it wait for daylight but find none,
nor let it see the first rays of dawn,
4:10 There is the roaring of the lion
and the growling of the young lion,
but the teeth of the young lions are broken.
4:16 It stands still,
but I cannot recognize its appearance;
an image is before my eyes,
and I hear a murmuring voice:
7:8 The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more;
your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
12:6 But the tents of robbers are peaceful,
and those who provoke God are confident –
who carry their god in their hands.
12:7 “But now, ask the animals and they will teach you,
or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.
14:7 “But there is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.
16:6 “But if I speak, my pain is not relieved,
and if I refrain from speaking
– how much of it goes away?
22:18 But it was he who filled their houses
with good things –
yet the counsel of the wicked
was far from me.
24:16 In the dark the robber breaks into houses,
but by day they shut themselves in;
they do not know the light.
24:22 But God drags off the mighty by his power;
when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.
30:1 “But now they mock me, those who are younger than I,
whose fathers I disdained too much
to put with my sheep dogs.
31:18 but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father,
and from my mother’s womb
I guided the widow!
33:27 That person sings to others, saying:
‘I have sinned and falsified what is right,
but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
34:33 Is it your opinion that God should recompense it,
because you reject this?
But you must choose, and not I,
so tell us what you know.
36:7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous;
but with kings on the throne
he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.
37:21 But now, the sun cannot be looked at –
it is bright in the skies –
after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.
37:23 As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him!
He is great in power,
but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.
42:3 you asked,
‘Who is this who darkens counsel
without knowledge?’
But I have declared without understanding
things too wonderful for me to know.