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Gen 13:7 and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.
Exo 17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
Exo 23:2 You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,
Exo 23:3 nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

Exo 23:6 “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.
Deu 1:12 How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?

Deu 17:8 “If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the Lord your God will choose.
Deu 19:17 then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.
Deu 21:5 Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled.
Deu 25:1 “If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
Judg 12:2 And Jephthah said to them, “I and my people had a great dispute with the Ammonites, and when I called you, you did not save me from their hand.
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.
2Sa 15:2 And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,”
2Sa 15:4 Then Absalom would say, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”
2Sa 22:44 “You delivered me from strife with my people;
you kept me as the head of the nations;
people whom I had not known served me.

2Ch 19:8 Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, to give judgment for the Lord and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem.
2Ch 19:10 whenever a case comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, concerning bloodshed, law or commandment, statutes or rules, then you shall warn them, that they may not incur guilt before the Lord and wrath may not come upon you and your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you will not incur guilt.
Job 13:6 Hear now my argument
and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 29:16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
Job 31:13 “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
when they brought a complaint against me,
Job 31:35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!)
Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
Psa 18:43 You delivered me from strife with the people;
you made me the head of the nations;
people whom I had not known served me.
Psa 31:20 In the cover of your presence you hide them
from the plots of men;
you store them in your shelter
from the strife of tongues.
Psa 35:23 Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication,
for my cause, my God and my Lord!
Psa 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
Psa 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;
for I see violence and strife in the city.
Psa 74:22 Arise, O God, defend your cause;
remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
Psa 119:154 Plead my cause and redeem me;
give me life according to your promise!
Pro 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
Pro 17:1 Better is a dry morsel with quiet
than a house full of feasting with strife.
Pro 17:14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Pro 18:6 A fool’s lips walk into a fight,
and his mouth invites a beating.
Pro 18:17 The one who states his case first seems right,
until the other comes and examines him.
Pro 20:3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
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 25:9 Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
and do not reveal another’s secret,
Pro 26:17 Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
Pro 26:21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Pro 30:33 For pressing milk produces curds,
pressing the nose produces blood,
and pressing anger produces strife.
Isa 1:23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
Isa 34:8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Isa 41:11 Behold, all who are incensed against you
shall be put to shame and confounded;
those who strive against you
shall be as nothing and shall perish.
Isa 41:21 Set forth your case, says the Lord;
bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
Isa 58:4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
will not make your voice to be heard on high.
Jer 11:20 But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests the heart and the mind,
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.

Jer 15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me.
Jer 20:12 O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous,
who sees the heart and the mind,
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
Jer 25:31 The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against the nations;
he is entering into judgment with all flesh,
and the wicked he will put to the sword,

declares the Lord.’
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 3:36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
the Lord does not approve.
Lam 3:58 “You have taken up my cause, O Lord;
you have redeemed my life.
Eze 44:24 In a dispute, they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and they shall keep my Sabbaths holy.
Hos 4:1 Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and no knowledge of God in the land;
Hos 12:2 The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.
Mic 6:2 Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
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.
Hab 1:3 Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
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