54 Bible Verses about Confrontation

The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they arranged their battle lines against Gibeah.

Asa prayed to the Lord his God: "O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O Lord our God, don't let men prevail against you!"

The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.

Samuel revealed the word of the Then the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines. They camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek.

Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines.

Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and came to Helam. The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him.

Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors, while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors.

But David replied to the Philistine, "You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel's armies, whom you have defied!

He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

The Lord brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

But Amaziah would not heed the warning, so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.

The Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and position yourself before Pharaoh as he goes out to the water, and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Release my people that they may serve me!

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.

Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, "Which way did the Lord's spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?"

They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the Lord. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed and the Lord God will not honor you!"

The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah's neck and broke it.

One of the high priest's slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the orchard with him?"

But the magician Elymas (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them, "You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the Lord?"

When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!"

Now take your positions, so I may confront you before the Lord regarding all the Lord's just actions toward you and your ancestors.

"Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominable practices

saying, "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood on us!" But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people.

But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person's soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things, plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.

Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples."

So the Pharisees objected, "You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!"

For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" So he said, "Who are you, Lord?" He replied, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!

So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

Then God's anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him.

Necho sent messengers to him, saying, "Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you."

But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!

Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

Turn aside from the way, stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel."

I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.

Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?"