'Causes' in the Bible

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God:

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.

O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.