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Judah replied: "What can we say to my lord? How can we plead or how try to prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants' guilt. Here we are, then, the slaves of my lord--the rest of us no less than the one in whose possession the goblet was found." (Genesis 44, 16)
To one of these cities the killer shall flee, and standing at the entrance of the city gate, he shall plead his case before the elders, who must receive him and assign him a place in which to live among them. (Joshua 20, 4)
He also gave him a copy of the written decree for their destruction which had been promulgated in Susa, to show and explain to Esther. He was to instruct her to go to the king; she was to plead and intercede with him in behalf of her people. (8b) "Remember the days of your lowly estate," Mordecai had him say, "when you were brought up in my charge; for Haman, who is second to the king, has asked for our death. (Esther 4, 8)
I call my servant, but he gives no answer, though in my speech I plead with him. (Job 19, 16)
Will he then plead with you, time after time, or address you with tender words? (Job 40, 27)
at dawn you will hear my cry; at dawn I will plead before you and wait. (Psalms 5, 4)
I plead, O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days. Your years last through all generations. (Psalms 102, 25)
While breath of life is still in you, let no man have dominion over you. Give not to another your wealth, lest then you have to plead with him; (Ecclesiasticus 33, 21)
Far better that your children plead with you than that you should look to their generosity. (Ecclesiasticus 33, 22)
And the trickster uses wicked trickery, planning crimes: How to ruin the poor with lies, and the needy when they plead their case. (Isaiah 32, 7)
How dare you still plead with me? You have all rebelled against me, says the LORD. (Jeremiah 2, 29)
There is none to plead your cause, no remedy for your running sore, no healing for you. (Jeremiah 30, 13)
