'Against' in the Bible

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

And Memucan saith before the king and the heads, 'Not against the king by himself hath Vashti the queen done perversely, but against all the heads, and against all the peoples that are in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus;

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?

But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai's people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews (that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, day or night. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:

And king Ahasuerus said to queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he stretched forth his hand against the Jews.

The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

In the twelfth month, that [is] the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, on which the edict of the king arrived and his law was enacted, on the day in which the enemies of the Jews had hoped to gain power over them but was overturned, [and] the Jews gained power against their enemies,

The Jewish people assembled in their towns throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike out against those who intended to harm them, and no one could oppose them because all the people had come to fear the Jews.

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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.