'Prosecute' in the Bible
I will say to God:“Do not declare me guilty!Let me know why You prosecute me.
Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw?
Would He prosecute me forcefully?No, He will certainly pay attention to me.
Get up, God, and prosecute your case remember that you're being scorned by fools all day long.
When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.
See, one will come like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan against the enduring habitation [of Edom] and its watered pastures; for in an instant I will make him (Edom) run from his land. I will appoint over him the one whom I choose. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me [into court] and prosecute Me [for this]? Who is the [earthly] shepherd who can stand [defiantly] before Me?”
“See, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan against the enduring habitation [of Babylon] and its watered pastures; for in an instant I will make Babylon run from his land. I will appoint over Babylon the one whom I choose. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me [into court] and prosecute Me [for this]? Who is the [earthly] shepherd who can stand [defiantly] before Me?”
“Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you go there with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them prosecute him.”
Dare any one of you, having a matter against another, prosecute his suit before the unjust, and not before the saints?