'Arguments' in the Bible
How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?
And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe from the hands of those who were against us and made us free from the hands of the Philistines; and now he has gone in flight from the land, because of Absalom.
How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?
How then can I answer Himor choose my arguments against Him?
Your maxims are just worthless proverbs; your defensive arguments are made of clay."
Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?
I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
I paid close attention to you.Yet no one proved Job wrong;not one of you refuted his arguments.
But Job has not directed his argument to me,and I will not respond to him with your arguments.
"I will contribute my arguments as an answer; I'll declare what I know,
Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!
For my arguments are without flaw;one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.
I am like a man who does not hearand has no arguments in his mouth.
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
An angry man stirs up arguments, and a hot-tempered man causes many transgressions.
those who make a person appear to be the offender in a lawsuit, who set a trap for someone who is making his defense in court, and push aside the innocent with specious 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].
“Submit your case,” says the Lord.“Present your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.
“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.
Look, your fasting is accompanied by arguments, brawls, and fistfights. Do not fast as you do today, trying to make your voice heard in heaven.
No one brings a lawsuit fairly, and no one goes to law honestly; they have relied on empty arguments and they tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
I said, "Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt."