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Gen 26:20 the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
Gen 26:21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so he called its name Sitnah.
Gen 26:22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”

Gen 31:36 Then Jacob became angry and berated Laban. Jacob said to Laban, “What is my offense? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?
Exo 17:2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”

Exo 21:18 “When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed,
Num 20:3 And the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!
Num 20:13 These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord, and through them he showed himself holy.

Deu 33:7 And this he said of Judah:

“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,
and bring him in to his people.
With your hands contend for him,
and be a help against his adversaries.”

Deu 33:8 And of Levi he said,

“Give to Levi your Thummim,
and your Urim to your godly one,
whom you tested at Massah,
with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;
Judg 6:31 But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been broken down.”
Judg 6:32 Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he broke down his altar.

Judg 8:1 Then the men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they accused him fiercely.
Judg 11:25 Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?
Judg 21:22 And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.’”
1Sa 2:10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces;
against them he will thunder in heaven.
The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
he will give strength to his king
and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
1Sa 24:15 May the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand.”

1Sa 25:39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
Neh 5:7 I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them
Neh 13:11 So I confronted the officials and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their stations.
Neh 13:17 Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
Neh 13:25 And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
Job 9:3 If one wished to contend with him,
one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
Job 10:2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me;
let me know why you contend against me.
Job 13:8 Will you show partiality toward him?
Will you plead the case for God?
Job 13:19 Who is there who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
Job 23:6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would pay attention to me.
Job 33:13 Why do you contend against him,
saying, ‘He will answer none of man’s words’?
Job 40:2 “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Of David.

Psa 35:1 Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me;
fight against those who fight against me!
Psa 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
Psa 74:22 Arise, O God, defend your cause;
remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
Psa 103:9 He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
Psa 119:154 Plead my cause and redeem me;
give me life according to your promise!
Pro 3:30 Do not contend with a man for no reason,
when he has done you no harm.
Pro 22:23 for the Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.
Pro 23:11 for their Redeemer is strong;
he will plead their cause against you.
Pro 25:8 do not hastily bring into court,
for what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Pro 25:9 Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
and do not reveal another’s secret,
Isa 1:17 learn to do good;
seek justice,
correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.
Isa 3:13 The Lord has taken his place to contend;
he stands to judge peoples.
Isa 19:20 It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the Lord because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them.
Isa 27:8 Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them;
he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind.
Isa 45:9 “Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
Isa 49:25 For thus says the Lord:
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
Isa 50:8 He who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
Let him come near to me.
Isa 51:22 Thus says your Lord, the Lord,
your God who pleads the cause of his people:
“Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering;
the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;
Isa 57:16 For I will not contend forever,
nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
and the breath of life that I made.
Jer 2:9 “Therefore I still contend with you,

declares the Lord,
and with your children’s children I will contend.
Jer 2:29 “Why do you contend with me?
You have all transgressed against me,

declares the Lord.
Jer 12:1 Righteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Jer 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jer 51:36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will plead your cause
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain dry,
Lam 3:58 “You have taken up my cause, O Lord;
you have redeemed my life.
Hos 2:2 “Plead with your mother, plead—
for she is not my wife,
and I am not her husband—
that she put away her whoring from her face,
and her adultery from between her breasts;
Hos 4:4 Yet let no one contend,
and let none accuse,
for with you is my contention, O priest.

Amo 7:4 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
Mic 6:1 Hear what the Lord says:
Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
Mic 7:9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
I shall look upon his vindication.
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