19 occurrences

'Against' in the Bible

Against Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Ellasar: four kings against the five.

Verse ConceptsFour PeopleFive People

And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Characteristics OfPraise, Reasons ForTaxationFractions, One TenthTithesGod On HighTithing For PeopleBlessed Be God!Those God Gave Into Their HandsTithes And Offering

And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

Verse ConceptsIndependenceOpposite SidesWild DonkeysConflictFamily Conflictislam

And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessOutcry

And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.

Verse ConceptsSeductionThreateningsSojourningPressingBroken ThingsSuffering From ForeignersWorse

For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.

Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentSodom And GomorrahReprobatesGod Sending ProphetsOutcry

And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

Verse ConceptsTouchAbsence Of SexNot TouchingPlea Of InnocenceDirect Communication Through Dreams

And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamGodly Fear, Examples OfThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleIndividuals Fearing GodNot SparingGod ForbiddingLeaving People Alone

And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

Verse ConceptsBenedictionsBlessedA Million And MoreCapturing GatesPeople OvercomingPeople Who Blessed OthersChildren Being A Blessing

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfNosesSmellsFew PeopleTroubling IndividualsNations Attacking IsraelFamily Problems

But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

Verse ConceptsPlottingSeeing At A DistanceAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleSeeing PeopleConspiracySiblingsdistance

So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?

Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, Examples OfWhat Sin?

Now after these things the chief servant who had the care of the wine, and the chief bread-maker in Pharaoh's house, did something against Pharaoh's orders;

Verse ConceptsCupbearerBakersArts And Crafts, Types ofOffenceButlersWronging Other People

Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyLoss Of DonkeysWhy People Did ThingsFear Of Individuals

Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us.

Verse ConceptsEquivalent People

Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking IsraelOvercoming

He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking IsraelBitternessharassment

Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.

Verse ConceptsGrudgesResentment, Against PeopleResponseRepaying Evil For EvilNamed People Angry With Others

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Against (2892 instances)

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