Isaiah 50:8
He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.
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Deuteronomy 19:17Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;
Job 23:3If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
Isaiah 41:21Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
Zechariah 3:1And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.
Romans 8:32He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
Revelation 12:10And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 50:5-10
Work and Sufferings of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 5 The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. 7 For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I… Read the whole commentary →