Craftiness
10 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
Gibeonites, in Deceiving Joshua and the Israelites Into a Treaty
- Joshua 9:3–15 But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, …
Jacob, in Purchase of Esau's Birthright
- Genesis 25:31–33 “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied. …
Jews, in Seeking to Entangle the Master
- Matthew 22:15–17 Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words. …
- Matthew 22:24–28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. …
- Mark 12:13 Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.
- Mark 14:18–23 And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with Me will betray Me.” …
- Luke 20:19–26 When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people. …
Obtaining Isaac's Blessing
- Genesis 27:6–29 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau, …
Sanballat, in Trying to Deceive Nehemiah Into a Conference
- Nehemiah 6:1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left— though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
Satan, in the Temptation of Eve
- Genesis 3:1–5 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” …
Related topics
Craftiness in Seeking to Kill JesusCraftiness in Management of Laban's Flocks and HerdsCovetousness in Defrauding Esau of His, Father's BlessingDeceptionFavoritismRebekah (Rebecca)
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.