| Proverbs 25:9 | Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to another: |
| Isaiah 27:8 | In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. |
| Isaiah 58:4 | Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as [ye do this] day, to make your voice to be heard on high. |
| Romans 1:29 | Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, |