Defend

I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.

On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.

I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,