'Against' in the Bible

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,

Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:

And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

But the Pharisees went out and made designs against him, how they might put him to death.

And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom?

Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.

So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.

The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.

The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.

And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?

And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,

The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put under your feet all those who are against you?

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.

For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;

In that hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me? I was teaching every day in the Temple and you took me not.

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;

And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you?

Then the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, He has said evil against God: what more need have we of witnesses? for now his words against God have come to your ears:

And after a little time those who were near came and said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; because your talk is witness against you.

But when the chief priests and those in authority made statements against him, he gave no answer.

Then says Pilate to him, Do you give no attention to what their witnesses say against you?

And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.

And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;

And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

He who is not against us is for us.

And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet.

And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places,

And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

And Jesus said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks to take me?

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.

For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement.

Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying,

And the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you?

His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.

And the chief priests said a number of things against him.

And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us;

That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.

But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)

And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.

But Jesus said to him, Let him do it, for he who is not against you is for you.

Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.

See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.

And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.

And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.

They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

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

Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom:

For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.

And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks?

When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.

And they said a number of other evil things against him.