| Nehemiah 13:11 | Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. |
| Nehemiah 13:17 | Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing [is] this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? |
| Nehemiah 13:25 | And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. |
| Job 31:13 | If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; |
| Isaiah 41:12 | Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. |
| Acts 11:2 | And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, |