'Against' in the Bible

and says to him, If thou be Son of God cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee, and on their hands shall they bear thee, lest in anywise thou strike thy foot against a stone.

Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.

If therefore thou shouldest offer thy gift at the altar, and there shouldest remember that thy brother has something against thee,

But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death;

But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.

And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom subsist?

He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

And whosoever shall have spoken a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming one.

And I also, I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.

But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?

And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,

saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with it; loose them and lead them to me.

For nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places.

In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me.

And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

And the high priest standing up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?

And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death.

Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with them to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,

And the Pharisees going out straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

And if a kingdom has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist.

And if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist.

And if Satan rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot subsist, but has an end.

but whosoever shall speak injuriously against the Holy Spirit, to eternity has no forgiveness; but lies under the guilt of an everlasting sin;

But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:

And the Pharisees went out and began to dispute against him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

And when he came to the disciples he saw a great crowd around them, and scribes disputing against them.

for he who is not against us is for us.

And he says to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another, commits adultery against her.

and says to them, Go into the village which is over against you, and immediately on entering into it ye will find a colt tied, upon which no child of man has ever sat: loose it and lead it here.

And when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your offences.

For nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes in different places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these things are the beginnings of throes.

But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And Jesus answering said to them, Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and sticks to take me?

And the chief priests and the whole sanhedrim sought testimony against Jesus to cause him to be put to death, and did not find any.

For many bore false witness against him, and their testimony did not agree.

And certain persons rose up and bore false witness against him, saying,

And the high priest, rising up before them all, asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee?

And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? See of how many things they bear witness against thee.

And the centurion who stood by over against him, when he saw that he had expired having thus cried out, said, Truly this man was Son of God.

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this child is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against;

and on their hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise thou strike thy foot against a stone.

And they arrived in the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.

And as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a witness against them.

And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not, for he that is not against you is for you.

Even the dust of your city, which cleaves to us on the feet, do we shake off against you; but know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation: and a house set against a house falls;

and if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.

for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:

father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?

I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;

And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.

And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times should return to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.

saying, Go into the village over against you, in which ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no child of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it here.

Then he said to them, Nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;

And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders, who were come against him, Have ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks?

When I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

I speak not of you all. I know those whom I have chosen; but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.

Pilate therefore went out to them and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man?

Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin.

From this time Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out saying, If thou releasest this man, thou art not a friend to Caesar. Every one making himself a king speaks against Caesar.

The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God.

But in those days, the disciples multiplying in number, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were overlooked in the daily ministration.

Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.

And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;

And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.

And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.

But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest

Wherefore also, having been sent for, I came without saying anything against it. I inquire therefore for what reason ye have sent for me.

But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.

But they, having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium.

But the Jews who did not believe stirred up the minds of those of the nations and made them evil-affected against the brethren.

A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one consent rose against Paul and led him to the judgment-seat,

And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who are with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

And having spent three months there, a treacherous plot against him having been set on foot by the Jews, as he was going to sail to Syria, the resolution was adopted of returning through Macedonia.

crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him.

And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God?

whom I found to be accused of questions of their law, but to have no charge laid against him making him worthy of death or of bonds.

But having received information of a plot about to be put in execution against the man by the Jews, I have immediately sent him to thee, commanding also his accusers to say before thee the things that are against him. Farewell.

And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.

And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against Paul, saying that these things were so.

who ought to appear before thee and accuse, if they have anything against me;

And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,

asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.

Paul answering for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended in anything.

concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid informations, requiring judgment against him:

but had against him certain questions of their own system of worship, and concerning a certain Jesus who is dead, whom Paul affirmed to be living.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this person, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews applied to me both in Jerusalem and here, crying out against him that he ought not to live any longer.

for it seems to me senseless, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.