'Toward' in the Bible

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?

You produce new witnesses against meand multiply Your anger toward me.Hardships assault me, wave after wave.

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?

His wrath has torn, and he has been hostile toward me; he gnashed at me with his teeth. My foe sharpens his eyes against me.

"Then you'll take delight in the Almighty; and will turn your face toward God.

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;Their portion is cursed on the earth.They do not turn toward the vineyards.

but it will clap its hands over him, hissing at him as it lunges toward him."

You changed toward me, and now you're cruel to me; with your mighty hand you are persecuting me;

let him not direct a rebuke toward me. I won't be responding to him with your arguments.

Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

‘For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his [unacknowledged] sin;He claps his hands among us [in open mockery and contempt of God],And he multiplies his words [of accusation] against God.’”

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?