173 occurrences

'Against' in the Bible

and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Verse ConceptsSafetySatan, As DeceiverSeductionThe If's Of SatanGod Carrying PeopleStriking RocksBeing Struck With StonesWho Is Jesus?Angels Looking After PeopleAngelic GuardianshipResisting Temptationjumping

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,

Verse ConceptsPeople Rememberingthe Gifts of GodForgiving Others Who Hurt YouPurgatory

And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartDisharmonyMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About PeoplePeople Destroying Foreign NationsDisunitydivision

and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

Verse ConceptsKingdomsSatan, Kingdom OfJesus Casting Out DemonsThe DevilCasting Out Demonsgroups

He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToNot MeChrist With People In SpiritNo Helpgathering

And whosoever shall speak 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 world, nor in that which is to come.

Verse ConceptsThe Present AgeThe Future AgeBlasphemyGod Not ForgivingGod Will ForgiveHellHell Is EverlastingForgivenessGod's ForgivenessFunForgiveness KjvAbuseforgiving

And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,

Verse ConceptsGrumbling At People

saying unto them, Go into the village that is over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them , and bring them unto me.

Verse ConceptsDonkeysRopesAnimal OffspringOpposite SidesEntering CitiesFinding ThingsBinding As Animals

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGuidance, Need For God'sKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLegalismStumbling BlocksShutting The KingdomEntering The KingdomHypocritesHypocrisyGoing To Heavenpietypharisees

In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and ye took me not.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsUnceasingAlways Being ActiveSitting To TeachChrist TeachingArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualAttempts To Kill ChristSeeking For Abstract ThingsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christaccusations

And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRivers

Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus Christelders, as community leadersChief priestsPlottingChrist Would Be KilledMan's CounselJesus Deathpriests

Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

Verse ConceptsWomenOpposite SidesPeople Sitting DownJesus Tomb

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Verse ConceptsCivil StrifeParables Of Christdivisiongroups

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

Verse ConceptsPeople EndedCivil War

but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin:

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceAntichristReprobatesThe Unpardonable SinResisting Holy SpiritEternal EvilBlasphemyGod Not Forgiving

For he that is not against us is for us.

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:

Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and DivorceMonogamyDivorceInfidelityadultry

and saith unto them, Go your way into the village that is over against you: and straightway as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat; loose him, and bring him.

Verse ConceptsOpposite SidesUnusedBinding As Animals

And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristTeachers Of The LawProper UnderstandingArresting ChristFearing Other PeopleJesus Using ParablesLeaving People Alone

And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

Verse ConceptsTreasuriesBrassOpposite SidesPeople Sitting DownRight Use Of WealthSeeing SituationsMoney For The TempleMoney Box

And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

Verse ConceptsAndrewPrivacyPeople Sitting DownQuestioning Christ

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning of travail.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesBeginningPlaguesLabour PainsFamine ComingBeginning Of PeriodsDealing With The NationsFamine Will ComeSigns Of The Timesrumors

For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfWagesFrugalityGiving To The Poor

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to seize me?

Verse ConceptsCrowdsBanditsArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found it not.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAttempts To Kill ChristNot FindingThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

For many bare false witness against him, and their witness agreed not together.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfdisagreementsMany Deceivers And Deceivedtestimonytestifying

And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

Verse ConceptsPeople Getting Up

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRiverstestifying

And when the centurion, who stood by over against him, saw that he so gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

Verse ConceptsCenturionWitnessing, Importance OfMessianic Titles, Son Of GodThe CrossJesus Death

And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadFuneralsClothembalmingLinenTombsExcavationLowering PeopleRollingJesus Tomb

and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;

Verse ConceptsChildren, examples ofSigns Performed By ChristHabitual Getting UpPeople Who Blessed Othersrehabilitation

and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Verse ConceptsAngels HandsGod Carrying PeopleStriking RocksBeing Struck With Stones

And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?

Verse ConceptsFaultsComplaintsSectsStatusTax CollectorsMurmuringDisputesGrumbling At PeopleOpposition To Christ From ScribesFinding Fault With Jesus

he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.

Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsStones For Protection

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristCarelessnessLossShallownessHearing ChristThings Falling

And they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is over against Galilee.

But Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is for you.

Verse ConceptsPeople Opposed

Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, we wipe off against you: nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.

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

But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.

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

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

Verse ConceptsKingdomsPrejudiceSatan, Kingdom OfCasting Out Demons

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToCooperationDissensiongathering

And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.

Verse ConceptsJesus Statements About The SpiritAvoiding SinBlasphemy, Against The Holy SpiritIrreverenceUnforgivable SinUnforgivenessResisting Holy SpiritBlasphemyGod Not ForgivingMinistry Of The Son Of ManGod Will Forgive

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

Verse ConceptsFive PeoplePeople OpposedTwo Or ThreeFamiliesFamily LoveFamily Firstdivision

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

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

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:

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

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.

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

saying, Go your way into the village over against you ; in which as ye enter ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat: loose him, and bring him.

Verse ConceptsRopesOpposite SidesUnusedBinding As AnimalsAnimals Serving Human Needs

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

Verse ConceptsCivil StrifeSigns Of The Times

And Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, that were come against him, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves?

Verse ConceptsChief priestsGuardsClubsThe Lord As A Thief

And many other things spake they against him, reviling him.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfCharacter Of Wicked

And he led them out until they were over against Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingLifting HandsBlessed By Christ

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

Verse ConceptsCavesBurials, Places OfTombsCaves For BuryingCaves Used As Graves

Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.

Verse ConceptsOintmentPerfumePreparation For BurialLeave Them Alone

Pilate therefore went out unto them, and saith, What accusation bring ye against this man?

Verse ConceptsAccusations, Against Christ

Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend: every one that maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

Verse ConceptsCaesarClaimsPeople OpposedFriends FailingPeople Set Free By PeoplePeople Releasing Others

And seeing the man that was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofSilenceLiving WitnessesSeeing People

The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:

Verse ConceptsThe Anointed OneGentile Rulers

for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

Verse ConceptsAnointing, Of ChristJesus Christ, Holiness OfChrist, Character OfProphecies Concerning ChristChrist, Names ForThe Anointed OneAntagonism From Jew And GentileNamed Gentile Rulers

but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfStriving With GodOther People Of GodWork EthicSuccess And Hard Workmovement

and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

Verse ConceptsCrimesHoliness, As Set Apart For GodJudaism

And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

Verse ConceptsJealousyAbraham, New Testament ReferencesGod With Specific PeopleThose Jealous Of People

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesChristiansdispersion, theJerusalem, Significance OfSamaritansChurch, Description OfChurch, Examples OfThe Church ScatteredAssentingApproval To KillThe Apostles In Action

But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

Verse ConceptsThreatsThreateningsJudged As Murderersdamascusmotheringbreath

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofGreeksHatredSuffering, Of BelieversDisputesPersecution Of The Apostle PaulReasoned ArgumentAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleBoldness

But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.

Verse ConceptsDevout MenIntoleranceInciting To EvilUnbelief, As Response To GodPersecution, OriginPersecution Of The Apostle Paul

But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

Verse ConceptsGesturesWiping DustPeople Abandoning People

and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;

Verse ConceptsProvincesThe Spirit Of ChristLed By The Spirit

And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsAttackingMarketsSuffering, Causes OfPersecution Of The Apostle PaulPeople Stripping People

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,

Verse ConceptsProconsulDerisionProvincesPersecution Of The Apostle Paul

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

Verse ConceptsExorcismsNaked In ShamePeople JumpingDemons Harming IndividualsOthers Who FledThose DemonisedDemons Causing TormentOvercomingThe DevilCasting Out Demonsmanjumping

If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

Verse ConceptsProconsulCourt SessionsPeople Accusing People

And when he had spent three months there, and a plot was laid against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesSeafaringSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfTrapTwo To Four MonthsIsrael Hardened

And sailing from thence, we came the following day over against Chios; and the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus.

Verse ConceptsIslandsThe Next DaySea Travelsailing

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