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'Against' in the Bible

and 'on [their] hands they will lift you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

Verse ConceptsAngels HandsGod Carrying PeopleStriking RocksBeing Struck With Stones

he is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And [when] a flood came, the river burst against that house and was not able to shake it, because it had been built well.

Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsStones For Protection

But the one who hears [my words] and does not do [them] is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, which the river burst against, and immediately it collapsed--and the collapse of that house was great!"

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristCarelessnessLossShallownessHearing ChristThings Falling

because {he had} an only daughter, about twelve years [old], and she was dying. Now as he was going, the crowds were pressing against him.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildPressingNearness Of DeathOnly Child Of PeopleDeath Looms Near

And [as for] all those who do not welcome you--[when you] depart from that town, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

Verse ConceptsGesturesFeetHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleOpportunities, And SalvationShakingNot Welcoming PeoplePeople ShakingWiping DustPeople Abandoning Peoplewelcome

But Jesus said to him, "Do not prevent [him], because whoever is not against you is for you."

Verse ConceptsPeople Opposed

"Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you! Nevertheless know this: that the kingdom of God has come near!"

Verse ConceptsGesturesWiping DustPeople Abandoning PeopleGod's Blessings Are NearKnowing About God's Kingdom

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and {a divided household} falls.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtHow Jesus Knows The HeartWeakness In DivisionChrist Knowing About People

So if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say [that] I expel demons by Beelzebul.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsPrejudiceSatan, Kingdom OfCasting Out Demons

The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToCooperationDissensiongathering

For from now on there will be five in one household, divided three against two and two against three.

Verse ConceptsFive PeoplePeople OpposedTwo Or ThreeFamiliesFamily LoveFamily Firstdivision

Or what king, going out to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first [and] deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand.

Verse ConceptsThoughtTwenty Thousand And UpFirst ActionsReady For WarWarSpiritual WarfareBattleGuidance And StrengthResolving Conflictriskarmy

I will set out [and] go to my father and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}!

Verse ConceptsFaultsConversion, examples ofSin, Nature OfPeople Getting UpWe Have SinnedBeing A Good Father

And [his] son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}! I am no longer worthy to be called your son!'

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Human Aspects OfRepentance, Examples OfConviction Of SinAfflicted Saints, Examples OfWe Have SinnedBeing A Good Father

And there was a widow in that town, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Grant me justice against my adversary!'

Verse ConceptsWidowsSaying RepeatedlyRevengeProtection From Enemiesvindication

For days will come upon you and your enemies will put up an embankment against you, and will surround you and press you hard from all directions.

Verse ConceptsSiegesThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemEnemies SurroundingAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldSiege Moundsinvesting

Then he said to them, "nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom.

Verse ConceptsCivil StrifeSigns Of The Times

Woe to those {who are pregnant} and to those who are nursing [their babies] in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people,

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersWombWoeHarming Pregnant WomenSigns Of The TimesMothersEnd Of DaysMotherhoodStaying Strong During Hard TimesHaving A BabyThe Rapturebabychildbearing

And Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come out against him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber?

Verse ConceptsChief priestsGuardsClubsThe Lord As A Thief

Every day [when] I was with you in the temple [courts], you did not stretch out [your] hands against me! But this is your hour and the domain of darkness!"

Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinHourNightDark DaysUnceasingAlways Being ActiveLaying On Hands For EvilDarkness Of EvilChrist With People On EarthChrist In The TempleThe Power Of Other Creatures

And they were saying many other [things] against him, reviling [him].

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfCharacter Of Wicked

So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAccusations, Against ChristFaultlessnessGuilt

[and] said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, [when I] examined [him] before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which {you are making} against him

Verse ConceptsFaultlessnessTesting ChristBeing Misleadassertiveness

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Against (2892 instances)