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The Bible often uses opposites to illustrate the difference between God's ways and human ways, righteousness and sin, or light and darkness.<br><br><b>Physical Positioning:</b><br>The Bible frequently uses the term "opposite" to describe physical locations or directions. For example, in the construction of the Tabernacle and the Temple, specific items were placed opposite each other to maintain symmetry and order. In <a href="/exodus/26-35.htm">Exodus 26:35</a>, the arrangement of the table and the lampstand is described: "Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side."<br><br><b>Moral Dichotomies:</b><br>The Bible often contrasts good and evil, righteousness and wickedness, to teach moral lessons. <a href="/proverbs/15-9.htm">Proverbs 15:9</a> states, "The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness." This verse highlights the moral opposition between the ways of the wicked and the pursuit of righteousness, emphasizing God's preference for the latter.<br><br><b>Spiritual Contrasts:</b><br>Spiritual opposites are a recurring theme in Scripture, illustrating the stark difference between living according to the Spirit and living according to the flesh. <a href="/galatians/5-17.htm">Galatians 5:17</a> explains, "For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want." This passage underscores the internal conflict believers face and the need to choose the Spirit over the flesh.<br><br><b>Light and Darkness:</b><br>One of the most profound opposites in the Bible is the contrast between light and darkness, often used to symbolize truth versus falsehood or holiness versus sin. In <a href="/john/1-5.htm">John 1:5</a>, the apostle writes, "The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." This verse speaks to the power and persistence of Christ, the Light of the world, in overcoming the darkness of sin and ignorance.<br><br><b>Life and Death:</b><br>The Bible also contrasts life and death, not only in a physical sense but also spiritually. <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a> states, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Here, the opposition between death as the result of sin and eternal life as the gift of God through Jesus Christ is made clear, emphasizing the hope and salvation found in Christ.<br><br><b>Heaven and Hell:</b><br>The ultimate spiritual opposites are heaven and hell, representing eternal communion with God versus eternal separation from Him. <a href="/matthew/25-46.htm">Matthew 25:46</a> describes the final judgment: "And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." This verse highlights the eternal destinies that await humanity, based on their relationship with God through Jesus Christ.<br><br>In summary, the concept of "opposite" in the Bible serves as a powerful tool for illustrating the choices and consequences that define the human experience in relation to God's divine plan. Through physical, moral, and spiritual opposites, Scripture communicates the importance of aligning oneself with God's will and the transformative power of His truth.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>a.</I>) Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the market.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.<p>3. (<I>a.</I>) Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.<p>4. (<I>a.</I>) Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.<p>5. (<I>a.</I>) Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.<p>6. (<I>n.</I>) One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.<p>7. (<I>n.</I>) That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2713.htm"><span class="l">2713. katenanti -- over against, <b>opposite</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> over against, <b>opposite</b>. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: katenanti Phonetic<br> Spelling: (kat-en'-an-tee) Short Definition: <b>opposite</b>, in front of Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2713.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/495.htm"><span class="l">495. antipera -- on the <b>opposite</b> side</span></a> <br><b>...</b> on the <b>opposite</b> side. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: antipera Phonetic<br> Spelling: (an-tee-per'-an) Short Definition: on the <b>opposite</b> side or shore <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/495.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/492.htm"><span class="l">492. antiparerchomai -- to pass by <b>opposite</b> to</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to pass by <b>opposite</b> to. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: antiparerchomai Phonetic<br> Spelling: (an-tee-par-er'-khom-ahee) Short Definition: I pass <b>opposite</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/492.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1727.htm"><span class="l">1727. enantios -- <b>opposite</b>, fig. hostile, opposed</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1726, 1727. enantios. 1728 . <b>opposite</b>, fig. hostile <b>...</b> Word Origin from en<br> and antios (set against) Definition <b>opposite</b>, fig. hostile <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1727.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/480.htm"><span class="l">480. antikeimai -- to lie <b>opposite</b>, ie oppose, withstand</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to lie <b>opposite</b>, ie oppose, withstand. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: antikeimai<br> Phonetic Spelling: (an-tik'-i-mahee) Short Definition: I resist, oppose <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/480.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/473.htm"><span class="l">473. anti -- over against, <b>opposite</b>, hence instead of, in comp. <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> anti. 474 . over against, <b>opposite</b>, hence instead of, in comp. <b>...</b> preposition, also<br> a prefix Definition over against, <b>opposite</b>, hence instead of, in comp. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/473.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5227.htm"><span class="l">5227. hupenantios -- set over against, <b>opposite</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> set over against, <b>opposite</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hupenantios<br> Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-en-an-tee'-os) Short Definition: <b>opposite</b> to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5227.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/481.htm"><span class="l">481. antikrus -- over against</span></a> <br><b>...</b> over against. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: antikrus Phonetic Spelling:<br> (an-tee-kroo') Short Definition: right <b>opposite</b>, over against Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/481.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/561.htm"><span class="l">561. apenanti -- over against, before</span></a> <br><b>...</b> over against, before. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: apenanti Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ap-en'-an-tee) Short Definition: over against, <b>opposite</b>, in view of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/561.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/498.htm"><span class="l">498. antitasso -- to range in battle against, to set oneself <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> attack of). 498 (from 473 , "<b>opposite</b> to, against" and 5021 , ", order") --<br> properly, "squared off" (<b>opposite</b> to); and . 498 ("to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/498.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5227.htm"><span class="l">5227. nokach -- in front of, <b>opposite</b> to</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5226, 5227. nokach. 5228 . in front of, <b>opposite</b> to. Transliteration: nokach<br> Phonetic Spelling: (no'-kakh) Short Definition: <b>opposite</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5227.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm"><span class="l">5048. neged -- in front of, in sight of, <b>opposite</b> to</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5047, 5048. neged. 5049 . in front of, in sight of, <b>opposite</b> to. Transliteration:<br> neged Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-ghed) Short Definition: before. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5048.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4136.htm"><span class="l">4136. mul -- front, in front of</span></a><br><b>...</b> front, in front of. Transliteration: mul or mol or mol or mul Phonetic Spelling:<br> (mool) Short Definition: <b>opposite</b>. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4136.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm"><span class="l">413. el -- to, into, towards</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), defied* (1), everywhere* (1), faced (1), facing* (3), far (1), greatly* (1),<br> inside* (1), next (1), next* (1), nor (1), onto (1), <b>opposite</b> (1), <b>opposite</b>* (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/413.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm"><span class="l">5921. al -- upon, above, over</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), more than (2), much (1), named* (1), near (4), next (9), next* (13), now* (1),<br> obliging* (1), off (6), off* (5), opposed (1), <b>opposite</b> (1), <b>opposite</b>* (4 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5921.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm"><span class="l">5046. nagad -- to be conspicuous</span></a><br><b>...</b> A primitive root; properly, to front, ie Stand boldly out <b>opposite</b>; by implication<br> (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5046.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6905.htm"><span class="l">6905. qabal -- before</span></a><br><b>...</b> before From qabal in the sense of <b>opposite</b> (see qobel); the presence, ie (adverbially)<br> in front of -- before. see HEBREW qabal. see HEBREW qobel. 6904, 6905. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6905.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7125.htm"><span class="l">7125. qirah -- against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way</span></a><br><b>...</b> From qara'; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially,<br> <b>opposite</b>) -- X against (he come), help, meet, seek, X to, X in the way. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7125.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6903.htm"><span class="l">6903. qobel -- in front of, before, because of, because that</span></a><br><b>...</b> because of, because that NASB Word Usage because (1), because* (4), before (1),<br> forasmuch* (1), front (1), inasmuch* (9), just (1), <b>opposite</b> (1), presence (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6903.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm"><span class="l">4480. min -- from</span></a><br><b>...</b> 43), more* (2), more...than (33), most (1), never* (2), no (10), no more (1), no*<br> (1), nor (2), off (1), off* (6), one (4), openly* (1), <b>opposite</b>* (6), origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4480.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_prodigality_is_opposite_to.htm"><span class="l">Whether Prodigality is <b>Opposite</b> to Covetousness?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF PRODIGALITY (THREE ARTICLES) Whether prodigality is <b>opposite</b> to covetousness?<br> Objection 1: It seems that prodigality is not <b>opposite</b> to covetousness. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether prodigality is opposite to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arminius/the_works_of_james_arminius_vol_2/the_opposite_opinion_is_approved.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Opposite</b> Opinion is Approved by None of the Ancient Doctors of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> FOURTH PART THE <b>OPPOSITE</b> OPINION IS APPROVED BY NONE OF THE ANCIENT DOCTORS<br> OF THE CHURCH. THE ancients who have interpreted this <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/the opposite opinion is approved.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arminius/the_works_of_james_arminius_vol_2/i_the_opposite_opinion_is.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Opposite</b> Opinion is Injurious to Grace and Hurtful to Good <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> FIFTH PART I. THE <b>OPPOSITE</b> OPINION IS INJURIOUS TO GRACE AND HURTFUL TO<br> GOOD MORALS. It is First shewn, that the interpretation of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/i the opposite opinion is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/neander/the_life_of_jesus_christ_in_its_historical_connexion/section_8_fundamentally_opposite_modes.htm"><span class="l">Fundamentally <b>Opposite</b> Modes of Apprehending the Accounts.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> BOOK I. THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS. . CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS. Section<br> 8. Fundamentally <b>opposite</b> Modes of apprehending the Accounts. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../section 8 fundamentally opposite modes.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/_on_the_flesh_of_christ/chapter_xi_the_opposite_extravagance_exposed.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Opposite</b> Extravagance Exposed that is Christ with a Soul <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XI."The <b>Opposite</b> Extravagance Exposed That is Christ with a Soul<br> Composed of Flesh"Corporeal, Though Invisible. Christ's <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ on the flesh of christ/chapter xi the opposite extravagance exposed.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/18_but_some_one_on.htm"><span class="l">But Some one on the <b>Opposite</b> Side Says, How do we Know Whether the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. 18 But some one on the <b>opposite</b> side says, How do we know whether<br> the theologians? But some one on the <b>opposite</b> side <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/18 but some one on.htm</font><p><a href="/library/baker/holy_wisdom_or_directions_for_the_prayer_of_contemplation/chapter_vi_a_second_discouragement.htm"><span class="l">A Second Discouragement in Prayer <b>Opposite</b> to Perseverance, to Wit <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> A second discouragement in prayer <b>opposite</b> to perseverance, to wit? <b>...</b> 1, 2. A second<br> discouragement in prayer <b>opposite</b> to perseverance, to wit, Distractions. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter vi a second discouragement.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_12_of_the_three_opposite.htm"><span class="l">Of the Three <b>Opposite</b> Qualities by which the Platonists <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IX. Chapter 12."Of the Three <b>Opposite</b> Qualities by Which the Platonists<br> Distinguish Between the Nature of Men and that of Demons. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 12 of the three opposite.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arminius/the_works_of_james_arminius_vol_3/thesis_19_if_reprobation_is.htm"><span class="l">If Reprobation is Made the <b>Opposite</b> of Predestination, the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THESIS 19 If reprobation is made the <b>opposite</b> of predestination, the statement<br> is figurative? If reprobation is made the <b>opposite</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 3/thesis 19 if reprobation is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/chapter_13_name_opposite_substances.htm"><span class="l">Two <b>Opposite</b> Substances. The Kingdom of Light. Manich??us Teaches <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Against the Epistle of Manich??us Called Fundamental. Chapter 13. "Two <b>Opposite</b><br> Substances. The Kingdom of Light. Manich??us Teaches <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 13 name opposite substances.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/opposite.htm"><span class="l"><b>Opposite</b> (137 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (a.) Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front;<br> facing; -- often with to; as, a house <b>opposite</b> to the market. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/opposite.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reverse.htm"><span class="l">Reverse (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or <b>opposite</b> direction; hence; <b>opposite</b><br> or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reverse.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/contrary.htm"><span class="l">Contrary (77 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (a.) <b>Opposite</b>; in an <b>opposite</b> direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary<br> winds. <b>...</b> 5. (n.) A thing that is of contrary or <b>opposite</b> qualities. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/contrary.htm - 31k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rods.htm"><span class="l">Rods (76 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Genesis 30:38 He set the rods which he had peeled <b>opposite</b> the flocks in the<br> gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rods.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/facing.htm"><span class="l">Facing (79 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Mark 15:39 When the centurion, who stood by <b>opposite</b> him, saw that he cried out<br> like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/facing.htm - 31k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lee.htm"><span class="l">Lee (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (a.) of or pertaining to the part or side <b>opposite</b> to that against which the<br> wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lee.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/directly.htm"><span class="l">Directly (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Genesis 30:38 He set the rods which he had peeled <b>opposite</b> the flocks in the<br> gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/directly.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/donkey.htm"><span class="l">Donkey (84 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 21:2 saying to them, "Go into the village that is <b>opposite</b> you, and<br> immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/donkey.htm - 31k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/back.htm"><span class="l">Back (5096 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (n.) The part <b>opposite</b> to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker<br> or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/back.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/against.htm"><span class="l">Against (17413 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (prep.) Abreast; <b>opposite</b> to; facing; towards; as,<br> against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/against.htm - 9k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/roommate-opposite-sex.html">Is it wrong for a Christian to have a roommate of the opposite sex? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/married-friend-opposite-sex.html">Should a married person have a close friend of the opposite sex? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/share-faith-opposite-gender.html">Should I share my Christian faith with someone of the opposite gender? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/opposite.htm">Opposite: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Opposite (137 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/14-22.htm">Matthew 14:22</a></span><br />Immediately afterwards He made the disciples go on board the boat and cross to the <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> shore, leaving Him to dismiss the people.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/21-2.htm">Matthew 21:2</a></span><br />saying to them, "Go into the village that is <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-61.htm">Matthew 27:61</a></span><br />Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the tomb.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/5-1.htm">Mark 5:1</a></span><br />So they arrived at the <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> shore of the Lake, in the country of the Gerasenes.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/11-2.htm">Mark 11:2</a></span><br />and said to them, "Go your way into the village that is <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-41.htm">Mark 12:41</a></span><br />Jesus sat down <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/13-3.htm">Mark 13:3</a></span><br />As he sat on the Mount of Olives <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/15-39.htm">Mark 15:39</a></span><br />When the centurion, who stood by <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-26.htm">Luke 8:26</a></span><br />They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Galilee.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/10-31.htm">Luke 10:31</a></span><br />And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> side;<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/10-32.htm">Luke 10:32</a></span><br />and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked at him and passed on on the <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> side.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-52.htm">Luke 12:52</a></span><br />For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> sides, three against two and two against three.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/17-24.htm">Luke 17:24</a></span><br />For just as the lightning, when it flashes, shines from one part of the horizon to the <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> part, so will the Son of Man be on His day.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/19-30.htm">Luke 19:30</a></span><br />saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/6-22.htm">John 6:22</a></span><br />On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn't entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-7.htm">Acts 16:7</a></span><br />When they had come <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn't allow them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/20-15.htm">Acts 20:15</a></span><br />Sailing from there, we came the following day <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/27-7.htm">Acts 27:7</a></span><br />When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/8-7.htm">Romans 8:7</a></span><br />Because the mind of the flesh is <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-19.htm">1 Corinthians 7:19</a></span><br />Circumcision is nothing, and its <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-7.htm">2 Corinthians 2:7</a></span><br />So that you may now take the <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> course, and forgive him rather and comfort him, for fear he should perhaps be driven to despair by his excess of grief.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/2-7.htm">Galatians 2:7</a></span><br />But, quite the <span class="boldtext">opposite</span>, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/5-17.htm">Galatians 5:17</a></span><br />For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/15-10.htm">Genesis 15:10</a></span><br />He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the other; but he didn't divide the birds.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/16-12.htm">Genesis 16:12</a></span><br />He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> all of his brothers."<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/18-2.htm">Genesis 18:2</a></span><br />He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/21-16.htm">Genesis 21:16</a></span><br />She went and sat down <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-19.htm">Genesis 23:19</a></span><br />And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah, <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Mamre: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/25-9.htm">Genesis 25:9</a></span><br />And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which was <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Mamre --<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/25-18.htm">Genesis 25:18</a></span><br />They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> all his relatives.<br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/30-38.htm">Genesis 30:38</a></span><br />He set the rods which he had peeled <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink. <br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/49-30.htm">Genesis 49:30</a></span><br />in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite along with the field for a possession of a sepulchre.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/50-13.htm">Genesis 50:13</a></span><br />and his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham had bought along with the field, for a possession of a sepulchre, of Ephron the Hittite, <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Mamre.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/14-2.htm">Exodus 14:2</a></span><br />"Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> it by the sea.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/14-9.htm">Exodus 14:9</a></span><br />And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them where they had encamped by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Baal-Zephon.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/25-20.htm">Exodus 25:20</a></span><br />And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> one another, facing the cover.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/26-5.htm">Exodus 26:5</a></span><br />You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> one to another.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/26-35.htm">Exodus 26:35</a></span><br />And outside the veil you are to put the table, and the support for the lights <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the table on the south side of the House; and the table is to be on the north side.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/27-7.htm">Exodus 27:7</a></span><br />And put the rods through the rings at the two <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> sides of the altar, for lifting it.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/30-4.htm">Exodus 30:4</a></span><br />Under the edge on the two <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> sides, you are to make two gold rings, to take the rods for lifting it.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/36-12.htm">Exodus 36:12</a></span><br />He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> one to another.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/37-9.htm">Exodus 37:9</a></span><br />And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> one another and facing the cover. <br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/37-27.htm">Exodus 37:27</a></span><br />And he made two gold rings, placing them on the two <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> sides under the edge, to take the rods for lifting it.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/38-7.htm">Exodus 38:7</a></span><br />He put the rods through the rings at the <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> sides of the altar for lifting it; he made the altar hollow, boarded in with wood.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/40-24.htm">Exodus 40:24</a></span><br />He put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/2-2.htm">Numbers 2:2</a></span><br />The children of Israel shall encamp every one by his standard, with the ensign of their father's house; round about the tent of meeting, afar off, <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to it shall they encamp.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Numbers 21:11</a></span><br />They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/22-1.htm">Numbers 22:1</a></span><br />The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/22-5.htm">Numbers 22:5</a></span><br />He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, "Behold, there is a people who came out from Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-12.htm">Numbers 31:12</a></span><br />They brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/33-7.htm">Numbers 33:7</a></span><br />And they removed from Etham, and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Baal-Zephon, and encamped before Migdol.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/33-48.htm">Numbers 33:48</a></span><br />They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/33-50.htm">Numbers 33:50</a></span><br />Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/34-15.htm">Numbers 34:15</a></span><br />the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-1.htm">Numbers 35:1</a></span><br />Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/36-13.htm">Numbers 36:13</a></span><br />These are the commandments and the ordinances which Yahweh commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Deuteronomy 1:1</a></span><br />These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-19.htm">Deuteronomy 2:19</a></span><br />and when you come near over against the children of Ammon, don't bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-29.htm">Deuteronomy 3:29</a></span><br />And we abode in the valley <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Beth-Peor. <br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-46.htm">Deuteronomy 4:46</a></span><br />on this side the Jordan, in the valley <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote when they came out of Egypt;<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-30.htm">Deuteronomy 11:30</a></span><br />Are they not on the other side of Jordan, looking west, in the land of the Canaanites living in the Arabah, <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Gilgal, by the holy tree of Moreh?<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-49.htm">Deuteronomy 32:49</a></span><br />Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Jericho; there you may see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel for their heritage:<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/34-1.htm">Deuteronomy 34:1</a></span><br />And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Jericho. And Jehovah shewed him the whole land, Gilead to Dan,<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/34-6.htm">Deuteronomy 34:6</a></span><br />And the Lord put him to rest in the valley in the land of Moab <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Beth-peor: but no man has knowledge of his resting-place to this day. <br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/3-16.htm">Joshua 3:16</a></span><br />Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Jericho.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/5-13.htm">Joshua 5:13</a></span><br />It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him, and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33</a></span><br />All Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who carried the ark of Yahweh's covenant, the foreigner as well as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">Joshua 9:1</a></span><br />And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and along all the coast of the great sea as far as <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it,<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/15-7.htm">Joshua 15:7</a></span><br />Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/18-14.htm">Joshua 18:14</a></span><br />The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/18-17.htm">Joshua 18:17</a></span><br />And it goes to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the way up to Adummim, and it goes down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/18-18.htm">Joshua 18:18</a></span><br />and passed along towards the side <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/19-46.htm">Joshua 19:46</a></span><br />And on the west was ... <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Joppa. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/22-11.htm">Joshua 22:11</a></span><br />And news came to the children of Israel, See, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have put up an altar <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the land of Canaan, in the country by Jordan on the side which is Israel's.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/3-28.htm">Judges 3:28</a></span><br />He said to them, "Follow me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand." They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn't allow any man to pass over.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/12-5.htm">Judges 12:5</a></span><br />The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. It was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No;"<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/16-3.htm">Judges 16:3</a></span><br />Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/19-10.htm">Judges 19:10</a></span><br />But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/20-43.htm">Judges 20:43</a></span><br />Cutting down the Benjaminites, they pursued them and trod them down from Nohah as far as <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> Gib'e-ah on the east.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-5.htm">1 Samuel 14:5</a></span><br />The one crag formed a pillar on the north <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Michmash, and the other on the south opposite to Geba.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7</a></span><br />And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to Egypt.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/20-25.htm">1 Samuel 20:25</a></span><br />The woman said to him, "Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?"<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-20.htm">1 Samuel 25:20</a></span><br />And as she was riding on the ass, and coming down by the covert of the hill, behold, David and his men came down <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to her; and she met them.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-13.htm">2 Samuel 2:13</a></span><br />And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and came face to face with them by the pool of Gibeon; and they took up their position, facing one another on <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> sides of the pool.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-23.htm">2 Samuel 5:23</a></span><br />And when David went for directions to the Lord, he said, You are not to go up against them in front; but make a circle round them from the back and come on them <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> the spice-trees.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-13.htm">2 Samuel 16:13</a></span><br />So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> him, and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/7-4.htm">1 Kings 7:4</a></span><br />There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/7-5.htm">1 Kings 7:5</a></span><br />All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/20-27.htm">1 Kings 20:27</a></span><br />The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them. The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats; but the Syrians filled the country.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/20-29.htm">1 Kings 20:29</a></span><br />They encamped one over against the other seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/21-10.htm">1 Kings 21:10</a></span><br />Set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying,'You cursed God and the king!' Then carry him out, and stone him to death."<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/21-13.htm">1 Kings 21:13</a></span><br />The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7</a></span><br />Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.<br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/2-15.htm">2 Kings 2:15</a></span><br />And the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho on the <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> side saw him, and they said, The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him,<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/3-22.htm">2 Kings 3:22</a></span><br />They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/3-26.htm">2 Kings 3:26</a></span><br />When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-11.htm">1 Chronicles 5:11</a></span><br />And the sons of Gad were living <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> to them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/8-32.htm">1 Chronicles 8:32</a></span><br />And Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. And they were living with their brothers in Jerusalem <span class="boldtext">opposite</span> their brothers. <br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-38.htm">1 Chronicles 9:38</a></span><br />Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. 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