'Contend' in the Bible

But Jehoash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Will you rescue him? Whoever contends for him will be put to death by the morning. If he [is] a god, let him contend for himself because {his altar has been pulled down}."

Thus, on that day he was called Jerub-Baal, {which means}, "Let Baal contend against him," because he had pulled down his altar.

If he wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one [time] in a thousand.

I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend [against] me.

Who [is] he who will contend with me? For {then} I would be silent, and I would pass away.

Would he contend with me in [the] greatness of [his] strength? No, but he himself would give heed to me.

Why do you contend against him, that he will not answer all a person's words?

"Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it."

Contend, O Yahweh, with my contenders; fight [those who] fight me.

he who obtains rights for me [is] near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who [is] the master of my judgment? Let him approach me.

{Therefore} thus says Yahweh, "Look, I [am] going to contend your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will cause her sea to dry up, and I will cause her fountain to dry up.

Yet, let no one contend, and let no one accuse, for with you, O priest, [is my] contention.

Now I exhort you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to contend along with me in your prayers on my behalf to God,

Dear friends, [although I] was making every effort to write to you concerning our common salvation, I considered [it] a necessity to write to you to encourage [you] to contend for the faith delivered once and for all to the saints.