Lexicon :: Strong's H7379 - rîḇ

“You shall not pervert (bend) the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

“If any case is too difficult for you to judge—between one kind of homicide and another, between one kind of lawsuit and another, between one kind of assault and another, [fn]being controversial issues in your [fn]courts—then you shall arise and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses.

“If there is a controversy between men, and they go to court, and the judges decide [the issue] between them, and they judge in favor of the innocent and condemn the guilty,

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach [suffered] at the hand of Nabal and has kept His servant from [retaliating with] evil. For the Lord has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, proposing to take her as his wife.

“You also have rescued me from strife with my [own] people;

You have kept me as the head of the nations.

People whom I have not known served me.

In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the fathers’ households of Israel to render the judgment of the LORD and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

“Please hear my argument

And listen to the pleadings of my lips.

“I was a father to the needy;

I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].

“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!

Look, here is my signature (mark);

Let the Almighty answer me!

Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].

“Man is also disciplined with pain on his bed,

And with unceasing complaint in his bones,

You have rescued me from the contentions of the people;

You have placed me as the head of the nations;

A people whom I have not known serve me.

In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots and conspiracies of man;

You keep them secretly in a shelter (pavilion) from the strife of tongues.

Wake Yourself up, and arise to my right

And to my cause, my God and my Lord.

Judge and vindicate me, O God; plead my case against an ungodly nation.

O rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man!

[fn]Confuse [my enemies], O Lord, divide their tongues [destroying their schemes],

For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Arise, O God, plead Your own cause;

Remember how the foolish man scoffs at You all day long.

Plead my cause and redeem me;

Revive me and give me life according to [the promise of] Your word.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,

But he who is slow to anger and patient calms disputes.

Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness and peace

Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water [as from a small break in a dam; first it trickles and then it gushes];

Therefore [fn]abandon the quarrel before it breaks out and tempers explode.

A fool’s lips bring contention and strife,

And his mouth invites a beating.

The first one to plead his case seems right,

Until another comes and cross-examines him.

It is an honor for a man to keep away from strife [by handling situations with thoughtful foresight],

But any fool will [start a] quarrel [without regard for the consequences].

For the LORD will plead their case

And take the life of those who rob them.

For their Redeemer is strong and mighty;

He will plead their case against you.

Argue your case with your neighbor himself [before you go to court];

And do not reveal another’s secret,

Like one who grabs a dog by the ears [and is likely to be bitten]

Is he who, passing by, stops to meddle with a dispute that is none of his business.

Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,

So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Surely the churning of milk produces butter,

And wringing the nose produces blood;

So the churning of anger produces strife.

Your rulers are rebels

And companions of thieves;

Everyone loves bribes

And chases after gifts.

They do not defend the fatherless,

Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].

For the LORD has a day of vengeance,

A year of retribution for the cause of Zion.

“Indeed, all those who are angry with you will be put to shame and humiliated;

Those who strive against you will be as nothing and will perish.

“Present your case [for idols made by men’s hands],” says the LORD.

“Produce your evidence [of divinity],”

Says the king of Jacob.

“The facts are that you fast only for strife and brawling and to strike with the fist of wickedness.

You do not fast as you do today to make your voice heard on high.

But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously,

Who tests the feelings and the heart (mind),

Let me see Your vengeance on them,

For to You I have committed my cause.

Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me

To be a man of strife and a man of contention to all the earth!

I have not loaned, nor have men lent money to me,

Yet everyone curses me.

But, O LORD of hosts, You who examine the righteous,

Who see the heart and the mind,

Let me see Your vengeance on them;

For to You I have committed my cause.

‘A noise has come to the end of the earth,

For the LORD has a controversy with and an indictment against the nations.

He is entering into judgment with all mankind;

As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ says the LORD.”