Confrontation

Confrontation in battle

Between armies

Judges 20:20; 2 Chronicles 14:11 See also Judges 20:25; 1 Samuel 4:1, 1 Samuel 17:2, 1 Samuel 31:1; 2 Samuel 10:17; 2 Chronicles 13:3

And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.

Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”

Between individuals

1 Samuel 17:45 See also 2 Samuel 23:21; 1 Kings 11:14; 2 Kings 14:11

But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

Personal confrontation

Between individuals

Galatians 2:11 See also Exodus 8:20; 2 Samuel 22:19 parallel Psalm 18:18; 1 Kings 22:24; 2 Chronicles 26:18; Jeremiah 28:10; John 18:26; Acts 13:8, Acts 23:2

When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

Between individuals and groups

Numbers 16:3; Acts 18:6 See also 1 Samuel 12:7; Ezekiel 16:2; Acts 5:28–29, Acts 6:9

They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Between believers and a sinner

Luke 17:3 See also Leviticus 19:17; Matthew 18:15; Galatians 6:1; James 5:19–20

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

Confrontation between Jesus Christ and the Pharisees

Luke 11:53–54 See also Matthew 16:1, Matthew 22:15; Mark 2:16, Mark 7:5; Luke 6:2, Luke 19:39; John 8:13

As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things, waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

Confrontation with God

Job 9:32; Acts 9:4–5 See also Genesis 32:24; Exodus 15:7; Numbers 22:22; 2 Chronicles 35:21; Job 23:13, Job 31:14, Job 33:5; Psalm 17:13; Isaiah 30:11; Jeremiah 50:24; Acts 11:17

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?” “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.