Acts 26:1
And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:
Acts 9:15
And the Lord said unto him, 'Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;
Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
Proverbs 18:13
Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
Proverbs 18:17
Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.
Ezekiel 16:27
And lo, I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I diminish thy portion, And give thee to the desire of those hating thee, The daughters of the Philistines, Who are ashamed of thy wicked way.
John 7:51
'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'
Acts 22:1
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence now unto you;' --
Acts 25:16
unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against him.
Acts 26:2
'Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,
Romans 10:21
and unto Israel He saith, 'All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.'