12 Bible Verses about Reasoned Argument

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

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

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

And straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, saith unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.