'Protest' in the Bible

But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.

Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.

And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.

Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?

They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

Better is open protest than love kept secret.

He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?

What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?

They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.