'Against' in the Bible

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

They devise evil against me instead of good, and hatred in place of my love.

Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!

When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

He will execute judgment against the nations, filling graves with corpses. He will utterly destroy leaders far and wide.

The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire against my haters.

I will give thanks to You with an upright heart,When I learn [through discipline] Your righteous judgments [for my transgressions].

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way.

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.

How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?

You are my secret place and my breastplate against danger; my hope is in your word.

I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.

Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law.

Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;Like a weaned child rests against his mother,My soul is like a weaned child within me.

He sent signs and wonders against you, Egypt,against Pharaoh and all his officials.

Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation!

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is set high; I cannot [prevail] against it.

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Let the righteous one strike me—it is an act of faithful love;let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;let me not refuse it.Even now my prayer is againstthe evil acts of the wicked.

Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.

Let our cattle bearWithout mishap and without loss,And let there be no outcry in our streets!

To execute vengeance against the nations, and punishment among the peoples;

carrying out the judgment decreed against them.This honor is for all His godly people.Hallelujah!

If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Do not bring a lawsuit against a person for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

He who despises his neighbor sins [against God and his fellow man],But happy [blessed and favored by God] is he who is gracious and merciful to the poor.

The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires;he rebels against all sound judgment.

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

for their Redeemer is strong,and He will take up their case against you.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Those who reject the law praise the wicked,but those who keep the law battle against them.

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Whatever is--it was already determined, {what will be--it has already been decided}. As for man, he cannot argue against what is more powerful than him.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

For there is a proper time and [appropriate] procedure for every delight,Though mankind’s misery and trouble lies heavily upon him [who rebels against the king].

There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,Nor does he have authority over the day of death;There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Say not a curse against the king, even in your thoughts; and even secretly say not a curse against the man of wealth; because a bird of the air will take the voice, and that which has wings will give news of it.

Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept.

All of them are skilled with swordsand trained in warfare.Each has his sword at his sideto guard against the terror of the night.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Therefore the Lord God of Hosts,the Mighty One of Israel, declares:“Ah, I will gain satisfaction from My foes;I will take revenge against My enemies.

I will turn My hand against youand will burn away your dross completely;I will remove all your impurities.

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

For a day belonging to the Lord of Hosts is comingagainst all that is proud and lofty,against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—

against all the cedars of Lebanon,lofty and lifted up,against all the oaks of Bashan,

against all the high mountains,against all the lofty hills,

against every high tower,against every fortified wall,

against every ship of Tarshish,and against every splendid sea vessel.

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

The Lord brings this chargeagainst the elders and leaders of His people:“You have devastated the vineyard.The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

and he striketh against my mouth, and saith: 'Lo, this hath stricken against thy lips, And turned aside is thine iniquity, And thy sin is covered.'

And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

the Lord will certainly bring against themthe mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria and all his glory.It will overflow its channelsand spill over all its banks.

“Take counsel together [against Judah], but it will come to nothing;Speak the word, but it will not stand,For God is with us (Immanuel).”