16 occurrences

'Against' in the Bible

Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;

Verse ConceptsChildren, examples ofSigns Performed By ChristHabitual Getting UpPeople Who Blessed Othersrehabilitation

and 'On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest at any moment thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'"

Verse ConceptsAngels HandsGod Carrying PeopleStriking RocksBeing Struck With Stones

But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house."

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristCarelessnessLossShallownessHearing ChristThings Falling

"Do not forbid him," said Jesus, "for he who is not against you is on your side."

Verse ConceptsPeople Opposed

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToCooperationDissensiongathering

For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;

Verse ConceptsFive PeoplePeople OpposedTwo Or ThreeFamiliesFamily LoveFamily Firstdivision

Or what king, marching to encounter another king in war, does not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?

Verse ConceptsThoughtTwenty Thousand And UpFirst ActionsReady For WarWarSpiritual WarfareBattleGuidance And StrengthResolving Conflictriskarmy

I will rise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you:

Verse ConceptsFaultsConversion, examples ofSin, Nature OfPeople Getting UpWe Have SinnedBeing A Good Father

"'Father,' cried the son, 'I have sinned against Heaven and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called a son of yours.'

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Human Aspects OfRepentance, Examples OfConviction Of SinAfflicted Saints, Examples OfWe Have SinnedBeing A Good Father

Then He said to them, "Nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

Verse ConceptsCivil StrifeSigns Of The Times

"You have brought this man to me on a charge of corrupting the loyalty of the people. But, you see, I have examined him in your presence and have discovered in the man no ground for the accusations which you bring against him.

Verse ConceptsFaultlessnessTesting ChristBeing Misleadassertiveness

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