'Arguments' in the Bible
“I would present my cause before HimAnd fill my mouth with arguments.
Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,In whose mouth are no arguments.
“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].
“Declare and present your defense of idols;Indeed, let them consult together.Who announced this [rise of Cyrus and his conquests] long before it happened?Who declared it long ago?Was it not I, the Lord?And there is no other God besides Me,A [consistently and uncompromisingly] just and righteous God and a Savior;There is none except Me.
They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts; and their conscience [their sense of right and wrong, their moral choices] bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or perhaps defending them
We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ,
Let no one deceive you with empty arguments [that encourage you to sin], for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience [those who habitually sin].
I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive [but thoroughly deceptive] arguments.
Some individuals have wandered away from these things into empty arguments and useless discussions,
And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].
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- Arguing (28 instances)
- Argument (61 instances)
- Arguments (45 instances)
- Contention (40 instances)
- Controversy (26 instances)
- Debate (19 instances)
- Disputation (2 instances)
- Line (161 instances)
- Statement (129 instances)
- Tilt (2 instances)