18 occurrences

'Against' in the Bible

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightNightPeople Of God, In OtWatchfulness, DivinePrayer, Offered WithSin ConfessedPay Attention O God!We Have Sinnedconfessinggrandfathers

We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.

Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordBreaking God's Law

But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?

Verse ConceptsContempt, Examples OfLaughterMockeryRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRidicule, Nature OfSpeech, Negative Aspects OfCharacter Of Wicked

And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

Verse ConceptsCessationNot Knowing The FutureAttempting To Kill Specific Peopleteammates

And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.

Verse ConceptsTen TimesGiving Informationvulnerability

And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahGod HinderingGods PlanGod's Plan For Us

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfOutcry

Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual PerceptionGod Not Sending

But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofdisrespectChallengesIngratitudeMartyrdom, Examples OfMartyrdom, Reasons ForUnfaithfulness, To GodCharacter Of WickedRebellion Against God, Nature OfRebellion Against God, Shown InKilling ProphetsBreaking God's Law

And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfStiffnecked PeopleLife Through Keeping The LawWorks Of The LawProud People

And our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or given attention to your orders and your witness, with which you gave witness against them.

Verse ConceptsImperfection, Influence OfBreaking God's Law

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristResponsePraise, Should Be Offered By

In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and getting in grain and putting it on asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods which they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofFig treeAgriculture, TermsGrapesReformationRest, PhysicalWinepressFigsTreading GrapesSabbath Violated

Then I gave witness against them and said, Why are you waiting all night by the wall? if you do so again I will have you taken prisoners. From that time they did not come again on the Sabbath.

And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanFloggingHairsDisputesHair PluckingCursing The UngodlyPeople Bound By OathsSwearinginterracial

Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To God

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Against (2892 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain