'Against' in the Bible

Till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

And, seeing that the man who had been made well was there with them, they were not able to say anything against it.

The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ:

For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.

And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.

And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:

If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.

But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.

But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.

But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.

And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.

Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.

Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land?

The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.

But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.

Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?

And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest

Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.

And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.

I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

And after five days, the high priest, Ananias, came with certain of the rulers, and an expert talker, one Tertullus; and they made a statement to Felix against Paul.

And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him.

And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now.

And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me.

And the chief priests and the chief men of the Jews made statements against Paul,

Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.

So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him.

And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts.

Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.

If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.

Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.

But had certain questions against him in connection with their religion, and about one Jesus, now dead, who, Paul said, was living.

For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.

In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.

And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;

And sailing again from there, we went on under cover of Cyprus, because the wind was against us.

And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;

Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation.