'Against' in the Bible

An OracleThe word of the Lordis against the land of Hadrach,and Damascus is its resting place—for the eyes of menand all the tribes of Israelare on the Lord—

and also against Hamath, which borders it,as well as Tyre and Sidon,though they are very shrewd.

I will set up camp at My house against an army,against those who march back and forth,and no oppressor will march against them again,for now I have seen with My own eyes.

For I will bend Judah as My bow;I will fill that bow with Ephraim.I will rouse your sons, Zion,against your sons, Greece.I will make you like a warrior’s sword.

My anger burns against the shepherds,so I will punish the leaders.For the Lord of Hosts has tended His flock,the house of Judah;He will make them like His majestic steed in battle.

“Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering for the peoples who surround the city. The siege against Jerusalem will also involve Judah.

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who try to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations of the earth gather against her.

On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Sword, awake against My shepherd,against the man who is My associate—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;I will also turn My hand against the little ones.

I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations as He fights on a day of battle.

This will be the plague the Lord strikes all the peoples with, who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

On that day a great panic from the Lord will be among them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.

Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to celebrate the Festival of Booths.

Don’t all of us have one Father? Didn’t one God create us? Why then do we act treacherously against one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Yet you ask, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.

Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.

“Your words against Me are harsh,” says the Lord.Yet you ask: “What have we spoken against You?”

and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:He will give His angels orders concerning you,and they will support you with their handsso that you will not strikeyour foot against a stone.”

“You are blessed when they insult and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of Me.

So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will even rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

For I came to turna man against his father,a daughter against her mother,a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.

Knowing their thoughts, He told them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Anyone who is not with Me is against Me, and anyone who does not gather with Me scatters.

Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.

But the boat was already over a mile from land, battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

“If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him in private. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.

Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how many times could my brother sin against me and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

You, therefore, testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death.

The high priest then stood up and said to Him, “Don’t You have an answer to what these men are testifying against You?”

When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.

Then Pilate said to Him, “Don’t You hear how much they are testifying against You?”

Above His head they put up the charge against Him in writing: THIS IS JESUSTHE KING OF THE JEWS.

and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.

Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

And if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is finished!

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—

So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.

His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing against You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”

If any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

He saw them being battered as they rowed, because the wind was against them. Around three in the morning He came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them.

For whoever is not against us is for us.

And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.

Because they knew He had said this parable against them, they were looking for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left Him and went away.

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

Then brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and put them to death.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they could find none.

For many were giving false testimony against Him, but the testimonies did not agree.

Some stood up and were giving false testimony against Him, stating,

Then the high priest stood up before them all and questioned Jesus, “Don’t You have an answer to what these men are testifying against You?”

The inscription of the charge written against Him was:THE KING OF THE JEWS.

After he bought some fine linen, he took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. Then he placed Him in a tomb cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

andthey will support you with their hands,so that you will not strikeyour foot against a stone.”

The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely, to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against Him.

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great!”

“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked.When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are hemming You in and pressing against You.”

If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

“Don’t stop him,” Jesus told him, “because whoever is not against you is for you.”

‘We are wiping off as a witness against you even the dust of your town that clings to our feet. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’

Knowing their thoughts, He told them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and a house divided against itself falls.

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

Anyone who is not with Me is against Me, and anyone who does not gather with Me scatters.

In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”

From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

They will be divided, father against son,son against father,mother against daughter,daughter against mother,mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law,and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000?

I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I’m no longer worthy to be called your son.’

And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on Him that very hour, because they knew He had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

Then He told them: “Nation will be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

And they were saying many other blasphemous things against Him.

Then Jesus, angry in Himself again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats My bread has raised his heel against Me.

So he leaned back against Jesus and asked Him, “Lord, who is it?”

Then Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring against this man?”

So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them. That disciple was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray You?”

However, so this does not spread any further among the people, let’s threaten them against speaking to anyone in this name again.”

The kings of the earth took their standand the rulers assembled togetheragainst the Lord and against His Messiah.

“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” So they were persuaded by him.

In those days, as the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.

But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.