'Against' in the Bible
The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,
Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.
Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness, because of those who are against me; make your way straight before my face.
Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.
My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.
Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.
If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.
You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.
For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.
He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.
See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.
How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?
And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.
I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.
He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.
For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.
See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.
Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.
Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.
Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.
False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.
O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.
But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.
Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.
Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.
For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.
Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.
Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.
The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.
The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.
By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?
All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.
Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.
Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.
Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.
But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.
Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.
Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?
For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)
Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.
For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;
He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.
He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.
Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.
My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.
Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.
For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.
How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?
O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.
But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.
He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)
Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.
Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.
Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.
Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.
Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.
Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.
Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.
Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?
Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.
Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.
And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land;
They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?
So these things came to the Lord's ears, and he was angry; and a fire was lighted against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel;
How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!
But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;
O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.
Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you keep your wrath against us through all the long generations?
The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.
In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.
And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.
Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.
He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.
And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them.
They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.
So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:
Then the wrath of the Lord was burning against his people, and he was angry with his heritage.
Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.
Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:
For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.
Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.
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