'Contend' in the Bible
So the people contended with Moses, and they said, "Give us water to drink!" Moses said to them, "Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?"
"Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the Lord, 'I will not strike you down with the sword.'
If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.
Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.
Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person's words?
If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. Even if I finished counting them, I would still have to contend with you.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!