2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defence I had no one at my side, but all deserted me. May it not be laid to their charge.
Acts 7:60
Then, rising on his knees, he cried aloud, "Lord, do not reckon this sin against them." And with these words he fell asleep.
Mark 14:50
Then His friends all forsook Him and fled.
John 16:32
"Remember that the time is coming, nay, has already come, for you all to be dispersed each to his own home and to leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
Acts 22:1
"Brethren and fathers," he said, "listen to my defence which I now make before you."
Acts 25:16
My reply was that it is not the custom among the Romans to give up any one for punishment before the accused has had his accusers face to face, and has had an opportunity of defending himself against the charge which has been brought against him.
1 Corinthians 9:3
That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.
2 Corinthians 7:11
For mark the effects of this very thing--your having sorrowed with a godly sorrow--what earnestness it has called forth in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing affection, what jealousy, what meting out of justice! You have completely wiped away reproach from yourselves in the matter.
Philippians 1:7
And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself.
Philippians 1:17
while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely, supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment.
2 Timothy 1:15
Of this you are aware, that all the Christians in Roman Asia have deserted me: and among them Phygelus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas has deserted me--loving, as he does, the present age--and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
1 Peter 3:15
but in your hearts consecrate Christ as Lord, being always ready to make your defence to any one who asks from you a reason for the hope which you cherish.