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• Do you contend against him because he has not responded to all of your words? (Job 33, 13)

• And so, giving everything to God, the Creator of the world, and having exhorted his own to contend with fortitude and to stand up, even unto death, for the laws, the temple, the city, their country and the citizens: he positioned his army around Modin. (2 Maccabees 13, 14)

• And so, having been exhorted by the very good words of Judas, by which the readiness and courage of the young men were able to be raised and strengthened, they resolved to strive and to contend with fortitude, so that virtue would judge the matter, because the holy city and the temple were in peril. (2 Maccabees 15, 17)

• Do not contend against a man without cause, even though he has done no evil to you. (Proverbs 3, 30)

• Do not contend with the most wicked, and do not be a rival to the impious. (Proverbs 24, 19)

• A wise man, if he were to contend with the foolish, whether in anger or in laughter, would find no rest. (Proverbs 29, 9)

• Whoever shall be in the future, his name has already been called. And it is known that he is a man and that he is not able to contend in judgment against one who is stronger than himself. (Ecclesiastes 6, 10)

• You should not contend with a wealthy man, lest perhaps he may bring an action against you. (Ecclesiasticus 8, 2)

• You should not contend in a matter which does not concern you, and you should not sit in judgment together with sinners. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 9)

• For I will not contend unceasingly, and I will not be angry to the end. For I will exhale my breath, and the Spirit will go forth from my face. (Isaiah 57, 16)

• Because of this, I will still contend in judgment against you, says the Lord, and I will dispute with your sons. (Jeremiah 2, 9)

• Why do you want to contend against me in judgment? You have all forsaken me, says the Lord. (Jeremiah 2, 29)