Isaiah 43:26

“Remind Me [of your merits with a thorough report], let us plead and argue our case together;
State your position, that you may be proved right.

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.

All the nations have gathered together
So that the peoples may be assembled.
Who among them (the idolaters) can predict this [that Judah would return from captivity]
And proclaim to us the former events?
Let them provide their witnesses so that they may be justified,
Or let them hear and say [in acknowledgement], “It is the truth.”

Job 40:4-5

“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 40:7-8

“Now gird up your loins (prepare yourself) like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.

Genesis 32:12

And You [Lord] said, ‘I will certainly make you prosper and make your descendants as [numerous as] the sand of the sea, which is too great to be counted.’”

Job 16:21

“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me]
Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.

Job 23:3-6

“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

Isaiah 41:1

“Listen to Me in silence, you islands and coastlands,
And let the nations gain their strength;
Let them come near, then let them speak;
Let us come together for judgment [and decide the issue between us concerning the enemy from the east].

Isaiah 50:8

He who declares Me in the right is near;
Who will [dare to] contend with Me?
Let us stand up to each other;
Who is My adversary?
Let him approach Me.

Jeremiah 2:21-35

“Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel as] a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned against Me
Into degenerate shoots of a foreign and wild vine [alien to Me]?

Ezekiel 36:37

‘Thus says the Lord God, “This too I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their people like a flock.

Luke 10:29

But he, wishing to justify and vindicate himself, asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 16:15

So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

Luke 18:9-14

He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [posing outwardly as upright and in right standing with God], and who viewed others with contempt:

Romans 8:33

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect (His chosen ones)? It is God who justifies us [declaring us blameless and putting us in a right relationship with Himself].

Romans 10:3

For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Romans 11:35

Or who has first given to Him that it would be paid back to him?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Isaiah 43:26

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

Declare

Romans 10:3

Bible References

Declare

“Now gird up your loins (prepare yourself) like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.

But he, wishing to justify and vindicate himself, asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect (His chosen ones)? It is God who justifies us [declaring us blameless and putting us in a right relationship with Himself].

For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.