Acts 26:1
So Agrippa said to Paul, "It is permitted for you to speak for yourself." Then Paul extended [his] hand [and] began to defend himself:
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel.
Proverbs 1:24
Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.
Proverbs 18:13
He who returns a word before he will hear, folly itself [belongs] to him as well as shame.
Proverbs 18:17
The first in his dispute is [deemed] righteous, [but] his neighbor will come and examine him.
Ezekiel 16:27
And look! I stretched out my hand against you, and I reduced your portion, and I gave you into the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed because of your lewd {conduct}.
John 7:51
"Our law does not condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, [does it]?"
Acts 22:1
"Men--brothers and fathers--listen to my defense to you now!"
Acts 25:16
To {them} I replied that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the one who had been accused met [his] accusers face to [face] and received an opportunity for a defense concerning the accusation.
Acts 26:2
"Concerning all [the things] of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate [that] before you I am about to defend myself today,
Romans 10:21
But about Israel he says, "The whole day [long] I held out my hands to a disobedient and resistant people."