Job 40:5

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. power: or, strength

And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God