'Against' in the Bible

The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree that isn't producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

He told Jesus, "Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, because it is written, "God will put his angels in charge of you,' and, "With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"

"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!

"So if you are presenting your gift at the altar and remember there that your brother has something against you,

and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.

The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation was on the rock.

"Brother will hand brother over for execution, and a father his child. Children will rebel against parents and have them put to death.

I came to turn "a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

The Pharisees, however, went out and plotted against Jesus to kill him.

He knew what they were thinking and told them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom stand?

The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who isn't gathering with me is scattering.

So I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

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

By this time the boat was in the middle of the sea and was being battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

"If your brother sins against you, go and confront him while the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

Then Peter came up and asked him, "Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I have to forgive him? Seven times?"

Therefore, you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

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

Then Jesus told them, "All of you will turn against me this very night, because it is written, "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

But Peter told him, "Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won't!"

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death.

At this, the high priest stood up and asked Jesus, "Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?"

When morning came, all the high priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.

Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear how many charges they're bringing against you?"

Above his head they placed the charge against him. It read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

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

And if a household is divided against itself, that household won't stand.

So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand. Indeed, his end has come.

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but is guilty of eternal sin."

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

So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she couldn't do it

He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea. He intended to go up right beside them,

Whoever is not against us is for us.

So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.

"Whenever you stand up to pray, forgive whatever you have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.

They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes and famines in various places. These things are only the beginning of the birth pains."

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

Then Jesus told them, "All of you will turn against me, because it is written, "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

But Peter told him, "Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won't."

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for some testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death, but they couldn't find any.

Although many people gave false testimony against him, their testimony didn't agree.

Then some men stood up and gave false testimony against him, saying,

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?"

So Pilate asked him again, "Don't you have any answer? Look how many accusations they're bringing against you!"

The written notice of the charge against him read, "The king of the Jews."

Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down, wrapped it in the cloth, laid it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire."

With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"

They are like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn't shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.

But the person who hears what I say but doesn't act on it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. When the floodwaters pushed against it, that house quickly collapsed, and the resulting destruction of that house was extensive."

if people don't welcome you, when you leave that city, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

Jesus told him, "Don't stop him! Because whoever is not against you is for you."

"We're wiping off your town's dust that clings to our feet in protest against you! But realize this: the kingdom of God is near!'

and forgive us our sins, as we forgive everyone who sins against us. And never bring us into temptation.'"

Since he knew what they were thinking, he told them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is devastated, and a divided household collapses.

Now, if Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

"The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who doesn't gather with me scatters."

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who died between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation!

Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit won't be forgiven.

Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."

From now on, five people 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 daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

I will get up, go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and you.

Then his son told him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and you. I don't deserve to be called your son anymore.'

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and comes back to you seven times and says, "I repent,' you must forgive him."

In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my adversary.'

Then he went on to say to them, "Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

"How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! because there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

and told them, "You brought this man to me as one who turns the people against the government. And here in your presence I have examined him and have found him "Not Guilty' of the charges you make against him.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its actions are evil.

They said this to test him, so that they might have a charge against him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.

I'm not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: "The one who ate bread with me has turned against me.'

So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What accusation are you bringing against this man?"

Pilate asked him, "What is "truth'?" and then he went out to the Jewish leaders again and told them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.

Pilate went outside again and told the Jews, "Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him."

When the high priests and the officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate told them, "You take him and crucify him. I find no basis for a charge against him."

And seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could not say anything against them.

The kings of the earth take their stand, and rulers meet together against the Lord and against his Messiah.'

However, if it's from God, you won't be able to stop them, and you may even discover that you are fighting against God!"

In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.

So they secretly got some men to say, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God."

They had false witnesses stand up and say, "This man never stops saying things against this Holy Place and against the Law.

By shrewdly scheming against our people, he oppressed our ancestors and forced them to abandon their infants to the elements, so that they wouldn't live.

Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" After he had said this, he died.

Now Saul heartily approved of putting Stephen to death. That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except for the apostles was scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.

Meanwhile, still spewing death threats against the Lord's disciples, Saul went to the high priest.

The Lord is against you now, and you'll be blind and unable to see the sun for a while!" At that moment a dark mist came over him, and he went around looking for someone to lead him by the hand.

But the Jewish leaders stirred up devout women of high social standing and the officials in the city, started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their territory.

So Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

The crowd joined in the attack against them. Then the magistrates had Paul and Silas stripped of their clothes and ordered them beaten with rods.

So if Demetrius and his workers have a charge against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They should accuse one another there.

and stayed there for three months. When he was about to sail for Syria, a plot was initiated against him by the Jews, so he decided to go back through Macedonia.

yelling, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere to turn against our people, the Law, and this place. More than that, he has even brought Greeks into the Temple and desecrated this Holy Place."

I wanted to know the exact charge they were making against him, so I had him brought before their Council.

I found that, although he was charged with questions about their Law, there was no charge against him deserving death or imprisonment.