1) strife, controversy, dispute 1a) strife, quarrel 1b) dispute, controversy, case at law
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H7379 — רִיב
riv · strife · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 13:7 · רִ֗יבThere was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.Exodus 17:7 · רִ֣יב׀He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”Exodus 23:2 · רִ֗ב“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;Exodus 23:3 · בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃ סneither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.Exodus 23:6 · בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.Deuteronomy 1:12 · וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם׃How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?Deuteronomy 17:8 · רִיבֹ֖תIf there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose;Deuteronomy 19:17 · הָרִ֖יבthen both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;Deuteronomy 21:5 · רִ֥יבThe priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.Deuteronomy 25:1 · רִיב֙If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;Judges 12:2 · רִ֗יבJephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand.1 Samuel 24:15 · רִיבִ֔יMay Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”1 Samuel 25:39 · רִ֨יבWhen David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.2 Samuel 15:2 · רִיב֩Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, “What city are you from?” He said, “Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”2 Samuel 15:4 · רִ֥יבAbsalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”2 Samuel 22:44 · מֵרִיבֵ֖יYou also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.2 Chronicles 19:8 · וְלָרִ֑יבMoreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed Levites and priests, and of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh, and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 19:10 · רִיב֩Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards Yahweh, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers. Do this, and you shall not be guilty.Job 13:6 · וְרִב֖וֹתHear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.Job 29:16 · וְרִ֖בI was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.Job 31:13 · בְּ֝רִבָ֗ם“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;Job 31:35 · רִיבִֽי׃oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!Psalm 18:43 · מֵרִ֪יבֵ֫יYou have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.Psalm 31:20 · מֵרִ֥יבIn the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.Psalm 35:23 · לְרִיבִֽי׃Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!Psalm 43:1 · רִיבִ֗יVindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.Psalm 55:9 · וְרִ֣יבConfuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.Psalm 74:22 · רִיבֶ֑ךָArise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.Psalm 119:154 · רִ֭יבִיPlead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.Proverbs 15:18 · רִֽיב׃A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.Proverbs 17:1 · רִֽיב׃Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.Proverbs 17:14 · הָרִ֥יבThe beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.Proverbs 18:6 · בְרִ֑יבA fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.Proverbs 18:17 · בְּרִיב֑וֹHe who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.Proverbs 20:3 · מֵרִ֑יבIt is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.Proverbs 22:23 · רִיבָ֑םfor Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.Proverbs 23:11 · רִיבָ֣םfor their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.Proverbs 25:9 · רִֽ֭יבְךָDebate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another;Proverbs 26:17 · רִ֥יבLike one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.Proverbs 26:21 · רִֽיב׃ פAs coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.Proverbs 30:33 · רִֽיב׃ פFor as the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.”Isaiah 1:23 · וְרִ֥יבYour princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don’t judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.Isaiah 34:8 · לְרִ֥יבFor Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.Isaiah 41:11 · רִיבֶֽךָ׃Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.Isaiah 41:21 · רִֽיבְכֶ֖םProduce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.Isaiah 58:4 · לְרִ֤יבBehold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don’t fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.Jeremiah 11:20 · רִיבִֽי׃ סBut, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.Jeremiah 15:10 · רִ֛יבWoe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me.Jeremiah 20:12 · רִיבִֽי׃ סBut, Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.Jeremiah 25:31 · רִ֤יבA noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says Yahweh.Jeremiah 50:34 · רִיבָ֑םTheir Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.Jeremiah 51:36 · רִיבֵ֔ךְTherefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.Lamentations 3:36 · בְּרִיב֔וֹTo subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.Lamentations 3:58 · רִיבֵ֥יLord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.Hosea 4:1 · רִ֤יבHear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.Hosea 12:2 · וְרִ֥יבYahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.Micah 6:2 · רִ֣יב · רִ֤יבHear, you mountains, Yahweh’s controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.Micah 7:9 · רִיבִי֙I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.Habakkuk 1:3 · רִ֦יבWhy do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.