'Against' in the Bible

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.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.

Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me.Arouse Yourself to help me, and see!

For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.” A Davidic Miktam for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, killing 12,000.God, You have rejected us;You have broken out against us;You have been angry. Restore us!

Give us aid against the foe,for human help is worthless.

For You have been a shelter and a refuge for me,A strong tower against the enemy.

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

They will be made to stumble;their own tongues work against them.All who see them will shake their heads.

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don't let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.

Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.

Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle.

Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.