2,021 verses contain “against” (in the KJV: 1,658, in the BSB: 1,301) — showing 901–1,000
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He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!
The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.