45 occurrences

'Against' in the Bible

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesInciting To EvilServants Of The LordFear Of God, Examples OfUnique IndividualsIndividuals Fearing Godshunning

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Verse ConceptsBeverages, FigurativeArrows, Figurative OfPoisonAnxiety, Examples OfThe AlmightySevere AfflictionsGod Appointed AfflictionsTerror Of GodArrows

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

Verse ConceptsGod Seeing All PeopleTargetsWe Have Sinned

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

Verse ConceptsSin Clings To The Sinner

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfRevelation, Necessity OfPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodGod Is StrongWisdomPeace And Strengthprospering

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationThe Witness Of GodHardship

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

Verse ConceptsLipsGod Speaking

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinLimitations Of YouthJudgements Writtenaccusations

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Verse ConceptsLipscondemnation

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

Verse ConceptsCurbing Speechventing

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

Verse ConceptsMere Talkcriticism

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfPeople WitheredThin Bodies

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

Verse ConceptsCheeksRidicule, Objects OfSmitten CheeksSmiting Of The Righteous

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

Verse ConceptsHeels

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

Verse ConceptsHumiliation

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

Verse ConceptsGod As Enemy

His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

Verse ConceptsThe Nations Attacked

The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

Verse ConceptsExposure Of SinSin Made KnownThe Universe Affected

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

Verse ConceptsPeople With General KnowledgeWronging Other PeopleThoughtsimagination

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Verse ConceptsPenitentWill God Pay Attention?

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

Verse ConceptsBeing A LightCharacter Of WickedRebellion Against God, Shown InPaths Of The WickedPurgatory

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming Enemies

Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

Verse ConceptsRight Sides

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofStrictness

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfLifting Hands

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

Verse ConceptsEcological ConcernsComplaining

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Verse ConceptsJustification, Necessity OfSelf Righteousness, And The GospelPeople In RighteousnessNamed People Angry With Others

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Verse ConceptsReasonThree MenOthers Not AnsweringNamed People Angry With OthersFamily And Friends

Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

Verse ConceptsOthers Not Answering

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

Verse ConceptsGod As Enemy

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

Verse ConceptsComplaintsGod Is ImmanentComplaining

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfPlea Of Innocence

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGod, Revelation OfSilenceGod HidingGod Being SilentWork Ethic

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

Verse ConceptsClappingApplauseRebellion against Godrebellion

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Verse ConceptsReady For WarWarConflictBattle

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

Verse ConceptsStrictness

The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

Verse ConceptsQuiversJavelins

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With IndividualsFriends

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Against (2892 instances)

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