Quotes About Pleading

“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “donít do such a wicked thing!

“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 lordís slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”

At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:

And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”í”

They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

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.”

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ëWe have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,í

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ëWe have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,í

Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

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?

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,

The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.