And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,

At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,

And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

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.”

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

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

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will pay no attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not care; but you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better for now if you support us from the city.”

O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

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

Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.

Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord GOD.

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

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

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:

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

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

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

But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

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

Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

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

Now when the king came to Tyrus, three men that were sent from the senate pleaded the cause before him: