'Against' in the Bible

When the Arameans saw that Joash had many wounds, they left him. His servants conspired against him, and killed him on his bed, because he had shed the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

Those who conspired against him were Zabad, son of the Ammonite woman Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of the Moabite woman Shimrith.

So the Lord’s anger was against Amaziah, and He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why have you sought a people’s gods that could not deliver their own people from your hand?”

From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. However, men were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there.

Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. Then he built cities in the vicinity of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

God helped him against the Philistines, the Arabs that live in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.

Under their authority was an army of 307,500 equipped for combat, a powerful force to help the king against the enemy.

But when he became strong, he grew arrogant and it led to his own destruction. He acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God by going into the Lord’s sanctuary to burn incense on the incense altar.

They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the Lord—only the consecrated priests, the descendants of Aaron, have the right to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully! You will not receive honor from the Lord God.”

He waged war against the king of the Ammonites. He overpowered the Ammonites, and that year they gave him 7,500 pounds of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat, and 50,000 bushels of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

A prophet of the Lord named Oded was there. He went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, “Look, the Lord God of your ancestors handed them over to you because of His wrath against Judah, but you slaughtered them in a rage that has reached heaven.

Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support.

After this, while Sennacherib king of Assyria with all his armed forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem against King Hezekiah of Judah and against all those of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,

His servants said more against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah.

He also wrote letters to mock Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying against Him:Just like the national gods of the lands that did not deliver their people from my power, so Hezekiah’s God will not deliver His people from my power.

They spoke against the God of Jerusalem like they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which were made by human hands.

So He brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

So his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his own house.

Then the common people executed all those who conspired against King Amon and made his son Josiah king in his place.

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I Myself have heard’—this is the Lord’s declaration.

But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, king of Judah? I have not come against you today but I am fighting another dynasty. God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God who is with me; don’t make Him destroy you!”

The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim, the detestable things he did, and what was found against him, are written in the Book of Israel’s Kings. His son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate and hardened his heart against returning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of His messengers, sending them time and time again, for He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.

So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their choice young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; He handed them all over to him.

They also bribed officials to act against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.

At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus, the people who were already in the land wrote an accusation against the residents of Judah and Jerusalem.

I issued a decree and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has had uprisings against kings since ancient times, and there have been rebellions and revolts in it.

Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a fair judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who abandon Him.”

let Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear Your servant’s prayer that I now pray to You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked and despised us, and said, “What is this you’re doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and throw it into confusion.

There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen.

After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them, “Each of you is charging his countrymen interest.” So I called a large assembly against them

I realized that God had not sent him, because of the prophecy he spoke against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,all his officials, and all the people of his land,for You knew how arrogantly they treated our ancestors.You made a name for Yourselfthat endures to this day.

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.They flung Your law behind their backsand killed Your prophetswho warned themin order to turn them back to You.They committed terrible blasphemies.

You warned them to turn back to Your law,but they acted arrogantlyand would not obey Your commands.They sinned against Your ordinances,which a person will live by if he does them.They stubbornly resisted,stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

because they did not meet the Israelites with food and water. Instead, they hired Balaam against them to curse them, but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

At that time I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.

Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His anger against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”

but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I’ll use force against you.” After that they did not come again on the Sabbath.

Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Some time later, when King Ahasuerus’s rage had cooled down, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what was decided against her.

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, day or night. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”

Then Esther addressed the king again. She fell at his feet, wept, and begged him to revoke the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his plot he had devised against the Jews.

A copy of the text, issued as law throughout every province, was distributed to all the peoples so the Jews could be ready to avenge themselves against their enemies on that day.

For Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them. He cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.

But when the matter was brought before the king, he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause.”

Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;my spirit drinks their poison.God’s terrors are arrayed against me.

Since your children sinned against Him,He gave them over to their rebellion.

How then can I answer Himor choose my arguments against Him?

If I am proud, You hunt me like a lionand again display Your miraculous power against me.

You produce new witnesses against meand multiply Your anger toward me.Hardships assault me, wave after wave.

But if only God would speakand declare His case against you,

For You record bitter accusations against meand make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

Do You really take notice of one like this?Will You bring me into judgment against You?

Your own mouth condemns you, not I;your own lips testify against you.

as you turn your anger against Godand allow such words to leave your mouth?

For he has stretched out his hand against Godand has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.

If you were in my place I could also talk like you.I could string words together against youand shake my head at you.

You have shriveled me up—it has become a witness;My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

They open their mouths against meand strike my cheeks with contempt;they join themselves together against me.

The upright are appalled at this,and the innocent are roused against the godless.

If you really want to appear superior to meand would use my disgrace as evidence against me,

His anger burns against me,and He regards me as one of His enemies.

His troops advance together;they construct a ramp against meand camp around my tent.

All of my best friends despise me,and those I love have turned against me.

When he fills his stomach,God will send His burning anger against him,raining it down on him while he is eating.

The heavens will expose his iniquity,and the earth will rise up against him.

As for me, is my complaint against a man?Then why shouldn’t I be impatient?

Without clothing, they spend the night naked,having no covering against the cold.

Drenched by mountain rains,they huddle against the rocks, shelterless.

The wicked are those who rebel against the light.They do not recognize its waysor stay on its paths.

The rabble rise up at my right;they trap my feetand construct their siege ramp against me.

Terrors are turned loose against me;they chase my dignity away like the wind,and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.

You have turned against me with cruelty;You harass me with Your strong hand.

Yet no one would stretch out his handagainst a ruined manwhen he cries out to him for helpbecause of his distress.

If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servantswhen they made a complaint against me,

if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless childwhen I saw that I had support in the city gate,

If my land cries out against meand its furrows join in weeping,

Refute me if you can.Prepare your case against me; take your stand.

Fear of me should not terrify you;the pressure I exert against you will be light.

For he adds rebellion to his sin;he scornfully claps in our presence,while multiplying his words against God.

He is the foremost of God’s works;only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;who then can stand against Me?

The kings of the earth take their stand,and the rulers conspire togetheragainst the Lord and His Anointed One:

I am not afraid of the thousands of peoplewho have taken their stand against me on every side.

Punish them, God;let them fall by their own schemes.Drive them out because of their many crimes,for they rebel against You.

Rise up, Lord, in Your anger;lift Yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;awake for me;You have ordained a judgment.

who does not lend his money at interestor take a bribe against the innocent—the one who does these things will never be moved.

Display the wonders of Your faithful love,Savior of all who seek refugefrom those who rebel against Your right hand.

They advance against me; now they surround me.They are determinedto throw me to the ground.

They open their mouths against me—lions, mauling and roaring.

When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.

Though an army deploys against me,my heart is not afraid;though a war breaks out against me,still I am confident.

Do not give me over to the will of my foes,for false witnesses rise up against me,breathing violence.