36 occurrences

'Against' in the Bible

“Keep an eye on Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim who is with you. He uttered malicious curses against me the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, and I swore to him by the Lord: ‘I will never kill you with the sword.’

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

So Solomon banished Abiathar from being the Lord’s priest, and it fulfilled the Lord’s prophecy He had spoken at Shiloh against Eli’s family.

Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtDeposed Priests

When a man sins against his neighborand is forced to take an oath,and he comes to take an oathbefore Your altar in this temple,

Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy,because they have sinned against You,and they return to You and praise Your name,and they pray and plead with Youfor mercy in this temple,

Verse ConceptsdefeatSin Brings Impoverishment

When the skies are shut and there is no rain,because they have sinned against You,and they pray toward this placeand praise Your name,and they turn from their sinsbecause You are afflicting them,

Verse ConceptsLack Of RainSigns Of RepentanceSin Brings ImpoverishmentSin Producing Afflictions

When Your people go out to fight against their enemies,wherever You send them,and they pray to Yahwehin the direction of the city You have chosenand the temple I have built for Your name,

Verse ConceptsPrinciples Of WarA Place For God's Name

When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You are angry with themand hand them over to the enemy,and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country—whether distant or nearby—

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceImperfection, Influence OfSin, Universality OfSinnersWeights And Measures, DistancesAll Have SinnedWill God Be Angry?Missing The Mark

May You forgive Your peoplewho sinned against Youand all their rebellions against You,and may You give them compassionin the eyes of their captors,so that they may be compassionate to them.

Verse ConceptsMercifulnessThe Need For MercyGod Forgive!ForgivenessGod's ForgivenessLove And Forgivenessforgiving

So the Lord raised up Hadad the Edomite as an enemy against Solomon. He was of the royal family in Edom.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationenemies, of Israel and JudahThe Kingdom Of Others

God raised up Rezon son of Eliada as an enemy against Solomon. Rezon had fled from his master Hadadezer king of Zobah

Now Solomon’s servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His widowed mother’s name was Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon,

Verse ConceptsActual Widows

and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David.

Verse ConceptsSealing ThingsRebuilding Jerusalem

When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized 180,000 choice warriors from the entire house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfAssembling IsraelOne Hundred Thousand And MoreReinstating PeopleCivil War

‘This is what the Lord says: You are not to march up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for I have done this.’”So they listened to what the Lord said and went back as He had told them.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfLove Between RelativesPaying Attention To GodFighting One Another

The man of God cried out against the altar by a revelation from the Lord: “Altar, altar, this is what the Lord says, ‘A son will be born to the house of David, named Josiah, and he will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who are burning incense on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsSanctity Of LifeBirths ForetoldDuplicating WordsBonesBurning Idolatrous ThingsMan Of God

When the king heard the word that the man of God had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar and said, “Arrest him!” But the hand he stretched out against him withered, and he could not pull it back to himself.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesLimbs WitheredDiseased Hands

and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you rebelled against the command of the Lord and did not keep the command that the Lord your God commanded you—

for the word that he cried out by a revelation from the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines of the high places in the cities of Samaria is certain to happen.”

Verse ConceptsShrinesMan's Words Fulfilled

In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahActual Attacks On Jerusalem

Israel’s King Baasha went to war against Judah. He built Ramah in order to deny anyone access to Judah’s King Asa.

Verse ConceptsFortressesSealing ThingsPeople Attacking Their Own

Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, all Chinnereth, and the whole land of Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking Israel

Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesKilling KingsThe Nations Attacked

Now the word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha:

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Inspiration Of OtNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord also came against Baasha and against his house because of all the evil he had done in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him with the work of his hands and being like the house of Jeroboam, and because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.

Verse ConceptsMessengerProphets, Role OfImitating Wicked KingsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the household at Tirzah.

Verse Conceptsdrinking, abstention fromConspiraciesHalf Of GroupsDrunk IndividualsConspiracy

So Zimri destroyed the entire house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord He had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodKilling Whole FamiliesNamed Prophets Of The LordWords To Individuals Fulfilled

In the twenty-seventh year of Judah’s King Asa, Zimri became king for seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysList Of Kings Of IsraelThe Nations Attacked

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Thirty-two kings, along with horses and chariots, were with him. He marched up, besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingChariotsHorsesSiegesThirty SomeNations Attacking Israelsyria

When Ben-hadad heard this response, while he and the kings were drinking in the tents, he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they took their positions against the city.

Verse ConceptsReadinessDrunk Individuals

The prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him, “Go and strengthen yourself, then consider what you should do, for in the spring the king of Aram will march against you.”

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Methods Of OtProphesyingStrength Of PeopleUnnamed Prophets Of The LordBe Strong!Time Of Yearsyria

Then seat two wicked men opposite him and have them testify against him, saying, “You have cursed God and the king!” Then take him out and stone him to death.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialPersecution, Forms OfSatan, As The Enemy Of GodTwo WitnessesTwo WitnessesCursing GodKilling Named Individuals

The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsTwo WitnessesTwo WitnessesCursing GodKilling Named Individuals

So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about 400 men, and asked them, “Should I go against Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain?”They replied, “March up, and the Lord will hand it over to the king.”

Verse ConceptsSchool Of ProphetsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredTo Be Given Into One's HandsWarBattleFake Friendsisraelprophetsgathering

“You see, the Lord has put a lying spirit into the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord has pronounced disaster against you.”

Verse Conceptsevil, victory overGod DeceivingLying And Deceit

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, “He must be the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.

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