Strong’s H7378

רִיב

riv · 59 Old Testament occurrences

King James renderings: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.

Every Old Testament occurrence

• Genesis 26:20And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they…
• Genesis 26:21And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
• Genesis 26:22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For…
• Genesis 31:36And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hot…
• Exodus 17:2Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? where…
• Exodus 21:18And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
• Numbers 20:3And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
• Numbers 20:13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
• Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at…
• Judges 6:31And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to dea…
• Judges 6:32Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
• Judges 8:1And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianit…
• Judges 11:25And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight again…
• Judges 21:22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our…
• 1 Samuel 2:10The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth…
• 1 Samuel 15:5And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
• 1 Samuel 24:15The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
• 1 Samuel 25:39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal,…
• Nehemiah 5:7Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I…
• Nehemiah 13:11Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
• Nehemiah 13:17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
• Nehemiah 13:25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye s…
• Job 9:3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
• Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
• Job 13:8Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
• Job 13:19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
• Job 23:6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
• Job 31:13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
• Job 33:13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
• Job 40:2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
• Psalms 35:1Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
• Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
• Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
• Psalms 103:9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
• Psalms 119:154Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
• Proverbs 3:30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
• Proverbs 22:23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
• Proverbs 23:11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
• Proverbs 25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
• Proverbs 25:9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
• Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• Isaiah 3:13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
• Isaiah 27:8In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
• Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashione…
• Isaiah 49:25But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will c…
• Isaiah 50:8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
• Isaiah 51:22Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of tremblin…
• Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
• Jeremiah 2:9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
• Jeremiah 2:29Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prospe…
• Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disqu…
• Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs…
• Lamentations 3:58O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
• Hosea 2:2Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight,…
• Hosea 4:4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
• Amos 7:4Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up…
• Micah 6:1Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
• Micah 7:9I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will b…