'Against' in the Bible

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

"Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

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

"He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather with me, scatters.

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

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, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"

When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.

In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"

Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.

They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired 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.

If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can't stand, but has an end.

but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"

His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"

Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,

For whoever is not against us is on our side.

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

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

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

"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.

Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other.

Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,

The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?"

Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"

He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"

Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.

As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."

'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.'

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.

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

"He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.

Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

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

Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

I will get up and go to my father, and will tell 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 am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people -- for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."

They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.

Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

I don't speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.'

One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus' breast.

Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.

Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him."

When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin."

At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"

Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.'

"For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.

But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.