plead
Job 9:19
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
Job 9:33
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Job 9:34
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
Job 13:21
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Isaiah 27:4
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
Isaiah 27:8
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Ezekiel 20:33
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
Ezekiel 20:35
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
but he would
Psalm 138:3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.