24 occurrences in 13 translations

'Against' in the Bible

Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.

Verse ConceptsFortressesDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,and it will consume its citadels.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsSurvivors DestroyedGod's HandGod KillingGod's Hands In OppositionGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod Killing Individuals

Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Tyre,and it will consume its citadels.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because his sword was turned against his brother, without pity, and his wrath was burning at all times, and he was angry for ever.

Verse ConceptsTemperUnkindnessAbominations, Judgments OfPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourEternal JudgementPeople Without Mercyrelentless

Therefore, I will send fire against Teman,and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Rabbah, And it hath consumed her palaces, With a shout in a day of battle, With a whirlwind in a day of hurricane,

Verse ConceptsWindDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of JudgementBattle CriesHurricanes

Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.Moab will die with a tumult,with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.

Verse ConceptsFortressesTrumpetDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of JudgementBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleDisorder Among The NationsDeath Of Other Groups

Therefore, I will send fire against Judah,and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

Verse ConceptsFamily, Showing God's RelationshipWord Of GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord GOD, the God of the Heavenly Armies,

Verse ConceptsGod As A WarriorPay Attention To God!

"because on that day I will lay out the charges against Israel. I will also bring judgment upon the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and will fall to the ground.

Verse ConceptsHornsSin, God's Judgment OnHorns BrokenThings Falling

"I sent against you a plague like one of the Egyptian plagues. I killed your young men with the sword, along with the horses you had captured. I made the stench from the corpses rise up into your nostrils. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

Verse ConceptsNosesPlaguesSmellsPestilenceNot Returning To GodGod KillingYoung People SufferingGod Killed His PeopleAcquiring Horses

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsSongsLamenting

Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire against the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.

Verse ConceptsSeeking LifeNot Extinguishing

That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

Verse ConceptsCityGod DestroyingDestruction Of Strongholds

They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

Verse ConceptsHatredHonestySuperiorityBusiness At The GatewayHating The RighteousReproving PeopleReasons Why The World Hates ChristiansHatehatersrebuking

It will be like a man who flees from a liononly to have a bear confront him.He goes home and rests his hand against the wallonly to have a snake bite him.

Verse ConceptsBitingSnakesOther Supporting

But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsGod As A WarriorGod Saves From Sin And DeathTroubling Groups Of People

And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

Verse ConceptsRuinsSanctuaryDestruction Of Satan's WorksGod's Sword

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfConspiraciesPersecution, Forms OfAccusations, False ExamplesUnbearable ThingsConspiracy

Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodProphecy Muzzled

“And though they go into captivity before their enemies,From there I will command the sword that it slay them,And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”

Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaCommands, in OTExile In ProspectGod Can Harm People

And it is the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Who is striking against the land, and it melteth, And mourned have all the inhabitants in it, And come up as a flood hath all of it, And it hath sunk -- like the flood of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsEarth On FireTouchTouching To HarmGod As A WarriorPeople Mourning CatastropheThings FallingThings Going Up

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