'Contend' in the Bible

don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

Yahweh said to me, "Don't bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession."

and when you come near over against the children of Ammon, don't bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession."

"Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while [it is yet] morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar."

Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, "Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar."

If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.

I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.

Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?

Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.

Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

"Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.

Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.

In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

You will seek them, and won't find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.

But thus says Yahweh, "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.

For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.

"Therefore I will yet contend with you," says Yahweh, "and I will contend with your children's children.

"Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me," says Yahweh.

You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

At the time of the end shall the king of the south contend with him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through.

Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.