Quotes about Plead
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
— Jeremiah 50:34
“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
— Genesis 44:16
May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”
— 1 Samuel 24:15
There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
— Jeremiah 30:13
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
— Job 35:9
My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God's word defines truth. My feelings are echoes and responses to what my mind perceives. And sometimes - many times - my feelings are out of sync with the truth. When that happens - and it happens every day in some measure - I try not to bend the truth to justify my imperfect feelings, but rather, I plead with God: Purify my perceptions of your truth and transform my feelings so that they are in sync with the truth.
— John Piper
If they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.
— Jeremiah 27:18
“What do you want Me to do for you?” He inquired.
— Mark 10:36
Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
— Job 16:21
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD
— Zechariah 7:2
urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
— Daniel 2:18
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
— Jeremiah 12:1