'Against' in the Bible

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:

{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!

I will not fear for myriads of the people that have set themselves against me round about.

Bring guilt upon them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: drive them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against thee.

Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! lest mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.

He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me.

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face.

If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.

Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

For I have heard the slander of many terror on every side when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.

Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cutoff the remembrance of them from the earth:

{A Psalm of David.} Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me:

And draw out the spear, and stop the way against my pursuers: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.

For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.

And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me.

As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man.

Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put them to shame, for God hath despised them.

For strangers are risen up against me, and the violent seek after my life: they have not set God before them. Selah.

For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me then would I have hidden myself from him;

He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me.

He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.

All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

For mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul consult together,

{An instruction: of Asaph.} Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;

And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:

When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.

Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?

I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:

For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

And mine eye shall see its desire on mine enemies; mine ears shall hear it of the evil-doers that rise up against me.

Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me.

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;

Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...

For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Princes also did sit and talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.

The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart.

If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.

Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation!

Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the anger of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?

To execute vengeance against the nations, and punishment among the peoples;