“Why do you try to refute me? ¹  All of you have rebelled against me,” says the Lord.

But Joash said to all those who confronted him, ¹  “Must you fight Baal’s battles? ²  Must you rescue him? Whoever takes up his cause ³  will die by morning! ⁴  If he really is a god, let him fight his own battles! ⁵  After all, it was his altar that was pulled down.” ⁶ 

His servants ¹  dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it ²  Sitnah. ³ 

The people contended ¹  with Moses, saying, ²  “If only ³  we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!

These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the Lord, and his holiness was maintained ¹  among them.

So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking “Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions. ¹ 

If someone wishes ¹  to contend ²  with him, he cannot answer ³  him one time in a thousand.

I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn ¹  me; tell me ²  why you are contending ³  with me.’

Would he contend ¹  with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me. ² 

Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me ²  against an ungodly nation! Deliver me ³  from deceitful and evil men! ⁴ 

Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! ¹  Remember how fools insult you all day long! ² 

Do not accuse ¹  anyone ²  without legitimate cause, ³  if he has not treated you wrongly.

Do not go out hastily to litigation, ¹  or ²  what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! ¹  Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow! ² 

The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! ¹  Who is my accuser? ²  Let him challenge me! ³ 

So the people contended ¹  with Moses, and they said, “Give us water to drink!” ²  Moses said to them, “Why do you contend ³  with me? Why do you test ⁴  the Lord?”

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled ¹  with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water belongs to us!” So Isaac ²  named the well ³  Esek ⁴  because they argued with him about it. ⁵ 

Jacob became angry ¹  and argued with Laban. “What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban. ²  “What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit? ³ 

“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed, ¹ 

Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim ¹  belong to your godly one, ²  whose authority you challenged at Massah, ³  and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah. ⁴