'Against' in the Bible

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?'

The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath -- if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

Then the LORD told Satan, "Very well then, everything he owns is under your control, only you may not extend your hand against him." So Satan left the LORD's presence.

And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.

‘He puts no trust even in His servants;And against His angels He charges error.

“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighedAnd placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

How then can I answer Himor choose my arguments against Him?

Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend [against] me.

If I am proud, You hunt me like a lionand again display Your miraculous power against me.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

“If God passes by or arrests,Or calls an assembly [of judgment], who can restrain Him?[If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?]

Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.

“Who will argue and contend with me?For then I would be silent and die.

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

Do You really take notice of one like this?Will You bring me into judgment against You?

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him.

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

He defiantly ran against him carrying his thick, reinforced shield.

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

His anger tears me in his persistent resentment against me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary glares at me.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.

He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

“But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding,Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me].

Now as for the one who testifies against his friends to take their property, even the eyes of his children will fail.

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

“These ten times you have insulted me;You are not ashamed to wrong me [and harden your hearts against me].

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,

Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.

Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike --

“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

When he fills his stomach,God will send His burning anger against him,raining it down on him while he is eating.

The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

As for me, is my complaint against a man?Then why shouldn’t I be impatient?

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

“Is it because of your reverence that He reproves you,That He enters into judgment against you?

Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.

Without clothing, they spend the night naked,having no covering against the cold.

Drenched by mountain rains,they huddle against the rocks, shelterless.

“Others snatch the orphan from the breast,And against the poor they take a pledge.

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

“Far be it from me that I should admit you are right [in your accusations against me];Until I die, I will not remove my integrity from me.

I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.

Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.

From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),

Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

Terrors are turned loose against me;they chase my dignity away like the wind,and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.

“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

Yet no one would stretch out his handagainst a ruined manwhen he cries out to him for helpbecause of his distress.

"I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?

If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servantswhen they made a complaint against me,

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

I won't discriminate against anyone, and I won't flatter any person,

Refute me if you can.Prepare your case against me; take your stand.

Fear of me should not terrify you;the pressure I exert against you will be light.

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.