'Against' in the Bible
For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry:
In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.
and we know that God's judgement against those who commit such sins is in accordance with the truth.
The fact is that in the stubbornness of your impenitent heart you are treasuring up against yourself anger on the day of Anger--the day when the righteousness of God's judgements will stand revealed.
you then who teach your fellow man, do you refuse to teach yourself? You who cry out against stealing, are you yourself a thief?
You who make your boast in the Law, do you offend against its commands and so dishonour God?
For prior to the Law sin was already in the world; only it is not entered in the account against us when no Law exists.
Yet Death reigned as king from Adam to Moses even over those who had not sinned, as Adam did, against Law. And in Adam we have a type of Him whose coming was still future.
What then shall we say to this? If God is on our side, who is there to appear against us?
Nay, but who are you, a mere man, that you should cavil against GOD? Shall the thing moulded say to him who moulded it, "Why have you made me thus?"
And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;
But again, did Israel fail to understand? Listen to Moses first. He says, "I will fire you with jealousy against a nation which is no nation, and with fury against a nation devoid of understanding."
God has not cast off His People whom He knew beforehand. Or are you ignorant of what Scripture says in speaking of Elijah--how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,
Therefore the man who rebels against his ruler is resisting God's will; and those who thus resist will bring punishment upon themselves.