Genesis 13:7

⁷ And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

Genesis 26:20

²⁰ And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

Genesis 26:21

²¹ And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

²² And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Genesis 31:36

³⁶ And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

Exodus 17:2

² Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

Exodus 17:7

⁷ And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Exodus 23:2

² Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

Exodus 23:3

³ Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:6

⁶ Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Exodus 21:18

¹⁸ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

Numbers 20:3

³ And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

Numbers 20:13

¹³ This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

Deuteronomy 1:12

¹² How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

Deuteronomy 17:8

⁸ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

Deuteronomy 21:5

⁵ And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

Deuteronomy 25:1

¹ If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Deuteronomy 33:8

⁸ And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

Deuteronomy 19:17

¹⁷ Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

Judges 8:1

¹ And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.

Judges 12:2

² And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

Judges 6:31

³¹ And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

Judges 6:32

³² Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.

Judges 11:25

²⁵ And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

Judges 21:22

²² And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

1 Samuel 15:5

⁵ And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait wait in the valley.

1 Samuel 2:10

¹⁰ The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

1 Samuel 24:15

¹⁵ The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

1 Samuel 25:39

³⁹ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

2 Samuel 15:2

² And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Samuel 15:4

⁴ Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

2 Samuel 22:44

⁴⁴ Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

2 Chronicles 19:8

⁸ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 19:10

¹⁰ And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

Nehemiah 5:7

⁷ Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

Nehemiah 13:11

¹¹ Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Nehemiah 13:17

¹⁷ Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:25

²⁵ And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

Job 9:3

³ If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Job 10:2

² I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Job 13:6

⁶ Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

Job 13:8

⁸ Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

Job 23:6

⁶ Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Job 40:2

² Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Job 13:19

¹⁹ Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

Job 29:16

¹⁶ I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Job 31:13

¹³ If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Job 31:35

³⁵ Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

Job 33:13

¹³ Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

Job 33:19

¹⁹ He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude multitude of his bones with strong pain:

Psalms 35:1

¹ A Psalm of David.

Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Psalms 43:1

¹ Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalms 55:9

⁹ Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Psalms 103:9

⁹ He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

Psalms 18:43

⁴³ Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Psalms 31:20

²⁰ Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Psalms 35:23

²³ Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Psalms 74:22

²² Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Psalms 119:154

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

Proverbs 17:1

¹ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Proverbs 18:6

⁶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

Proverbs 20:3

³ It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Proverbs 25:8

⁸ Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Proverbs 25:9

⁹ Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

Proverbs 3:30

³⁰ Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

Proverbs 15:18

¹⁸ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Proverbs 17:14

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Proverbs 18:17

¹⁷ He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

Proverbs 22:23

²³ For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Proverbs 23:11

¹¹ For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

Proverbs 26:17

¹⁷ He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Proverbs 26:21

²¹ As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious contentious man to kindle strife.

Proverbs 30:33

³³ Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

Isaiah 1:17

¹⁷ Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

²³ Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Isaiah 27:8

⁸ In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

Isaiah 3:13

¹³ The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

Isaiah 34:8

⁸ For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

Isaiah 45:9

⁹ Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Isaiah 50:8

⁸ He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

Isaiah 58:4

⁴ Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

Isaiah 41:11

¹¹ Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

Isaiah 41:21

²¹ Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

Isaiah 49:25

²⁵ But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

Isaiah 51:22

²² Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

Isaiah 57:16

¹⁶ For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

Jeremiah 2:9

⁹ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

Jeremiah 12:1

¹ Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Jeremiah 2:29

²⁹ Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 11:20

²⁰ But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Jeremiah 15:10

¹⁰ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Jeremiah 20:12

¹² But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

Jeremiah 25:31

³¹ A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:34

³⁴ Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:36

³⁶ Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

Lamentations 3:36

³⁶ To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

Lamentations 3:58

⁵⁸ O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Ezekiel 44:24

²⁴ And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

Hosea 2:2

² Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Hosea 4:1

¹ Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

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