Quotes about Opposition

So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.

And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,

You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.

Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.

So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.

Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.

But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty. God told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”

Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.

Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.