Genesis 21:25

The Covenant Between Abraham And Abimelech

²⁴ And Abraham said, I will give you my oath. ²⁵ But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force. ²⁶ But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.

Abimelech

Abraham

Genesis 26:15-22

Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

Genesis 13:7

And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

Genesis 29:8

And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.

Exodus 2:15-17

Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.

Judges 1:15

And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

Proverbs 17:10

A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

Proverbs 25:9

Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

Proverbs 27:5

Better is open protest than love kept secret.

Matthew 18:15

And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.