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'Against' in the Bible

And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesInciting To EvilServants Of The LordFear Of God, Examples OfUnique IndividualsIndividuals Fearing Godshunning

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.

Verse ConceptsBeverages, FigurativeArrows, Figurative OfPoisonAnxiety, Examples OfThe AlmightySevere AfflictionsGod Appointed AfflictionsTerror Of GodArrows

If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.

Verse ConceptsSin Clings To The Sinner

Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions of evil and a time of toil are with me.

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationThe Witness Of GodHardship

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

Verse ConceptsLipsGod Speaking

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

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinLimitations Of YouthJudgements Writtenaccusations

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

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

Verse ConceptsLipscondemnation

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

Verse ConceptsCurbing Speechventing

Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:

He runneth against him, with outstretched neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;

Verse Conceptsreinforcement

I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you;

Verse ConceptsMere Talkcriticism

Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.

Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfPeople WitheredThin Bodies

His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; as mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.

Verse ConceptsTeethGnashing Of TeethGod Seeing All PeopleGod Angry With Individuals

They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.

Verse ConceptsCheeksRidicule, Objects OfSmitten CheeksSmiting Of The Righteous

Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

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

Verse ConceptsHumiliation

And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.

Verse ConceptsGod As Enemy

His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.

Verse ConceptsThe Nations Attacked

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

Verse ConceptsThe Final Judgement

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

Verse ConceptsExposure Of SinSin Made KnownThe Universe Affected

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

Verse ConceptsPeople With General KnowledgeWronging Other PeopleThoughtsimagination

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

Verse ConceptsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of Sin

Would he plead against me with his great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

Verse ConceptsPenitentWill God Pay Attention?

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

Verse ConceptsBeing A LightCharacter Of WickedRebellion Against God, Shown InPaths Of The WickedPurgatory

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

Verse ConceptsOvercoming Enemies

At my right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;

Verse ConceptsRight Sides

Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.

Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour

If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:

Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfLifting Hands

If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;

Verse ConceptsEcological ConcernsComplaining

Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather than God;

Verse ConceptsJustification, Necessity OfSelf Righteousness, And The GospelPeople In RighteousnessNamed People Angry With Others

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

Verse ConceptsReasonThree MenOthers Not AnsweringNamed People Angry With OthersFamily And Friends

Now he hath not directed his words against me; and I will not answer him with your speeches. ...

Verse ConceptsOthers Not Answering

Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;

Verse ConceptsGod As Enemy

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

Verse ConceptsComplaintsGod Is ImmanentComplaining

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

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfPlea Of Innocence

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

Verse ConceptsClappingApplauseRebellion against Godrebellion

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

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

Verse ConceptsStrictness

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

And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With IndividualsFriends

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Against (2892 instances)