'Against' in the Bible

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.

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

“Take heed and be careful, do not turn to wickedness,For you have chosen this [the vice of complaining against God] rather than [learning from] affliction.

“Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds],And He covers the depths of the sea.

With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

He sheweth by it to his friend substance, Anger against perversity.

“After it, His voice roars;He thunders with the voice of His majesty,And He does not restrain His lightning [against His adversaries] when His voice is heard.

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

In his strength he goes out against the arms of war, turning not away from the sword.

The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.

He is the foremost of God’s works;only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

Lo, the river overfloweth he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.

No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;who then can stand against Me?

“Who has first given to Me that I should repay him?Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. [Who can have a claim against Me who made the unmastered beast?]

His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.

“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness, because of those who are against me; make your way straight before my face.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.

If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

Rise up, Lord, in Your anger;lift Yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;awake for me;You have ordained a judgment.

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

How long must I struggle in my soul at night and have sorrow in my heart during the day? How long will my enemy rise up against me?

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

They advance against me; now they surround me.They are determinedto throw me to the ground.

I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

Indeed, with your help I can charge against an army; by my God's power I can jump over a wall.

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

They open their mouths against me—lions, mauling and roaring.

Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

How blessed is the person against whom the LORD does not charge iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

{A Psalm of David.} Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Let those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced; let those who plot evil against me be driven back and confounded.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Malicious mockers they gnashed their teeth against me.

Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

{A Psalm of David.} Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity is every man. Selah.

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

My enemies speak evil against me,“When will he die, and his name perish?”

And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.