controversy If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, [being] matters of {controversy} within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; controversy Then both the men, between whom the {controversy} [is], shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; controversy And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every {controversy} and every stroke be [tried]: controversy If there be a {controversy} between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. controversy <2SA15 -2> And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was [so], that when any man that had a {controversy} came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city [art] thou? And he said , Thy servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel. controversy For [it is] the day of the LORD's vengeance, [and] the year of recompenses for the {controversy} of Zion. controversy A noise shall come [even] to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a {controversy} with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them [that are] wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. controversy And in {controversy} they shall stand in judgment; [and] they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. controversy Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a {controversy} with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. controversy The LORD hath also a {controversy} with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. controversy Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S {controversy}, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. controversy Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a {controversy} with his people, and he will plead with Israel. controversy <1TI3 -16> And without {controversy} great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. ~~~~~~