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55 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
23 sections
- Good: Abraham
- Good: Cornelius
- Good: Crispus
- Good: David
- Good: Jacob
- Good: Jailor of Philippi
- Good: Job
- Good: Joshua
- Good: Lazarus of Bethany
- Good: Lois
- Good: Lydia
- Government of
- Infelicity In
- Infelicity in Ahasuerus, on Account of Vashti's Refusing to Appear Before his Drunken Courtiers
- Infelicity in David and Michal
- Infelicity in Elkanah, on Account of Bigamic Feuds
- Infelicity in Moses and Zipporah
- Infelicity In of Abraham, on Account of Hagar
- Infelicity In of Isaac, on Account of the Disagreement Between Jacob and Esau
- Infelicity In of Jacob, the Bigamic Jealousy Between Leah and Rachel
- Instituted
- Persian, Domestic Customs
- Religion of The
Good: Abraham
- Genesis 18:19 For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
Good: Cornelius
- Acts 10:2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
- Acts 10:33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
Good: Crispus
- Acts 18:8 Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
Good: David
- 2 Samuel 6:20 When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the …
Good: Jacob
- Genesis 35:2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
Good: Jailor of Philippi
- Acts 16:31–34 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.” …
Good: Job
- Job 1:5 And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in …
Good: Joshua
- Joshua 24:15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are …
Good: Lazarus of Bethany
- John 11:1–5 At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. …
Good: Lois
- 2 Timothy 1:5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
Good: Lydia
- Acts 16:15 And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
Government of
- Genesis 3:16 To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- Genesis 18:19 For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Esther 1:20 The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom — and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
- Esther 1:22 He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
- 1 Corinthians 7:10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
- 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
- Ephesians 5:22–24 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. …
- Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- 1 Timothy 3:4–5 An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity. …
- 1 Peter 3:1 Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
- 1 Peter 3:6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
Infelicity In
- Proverbs 11:22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- Proverbs 12:4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
- Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 15:17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
- Proverbs 18:19 An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
- Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
- Proverbs 21:9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 21:19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Proverbs 25:24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 27:15–16 A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike — …
- Proverbs 30:21 Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
- Proverbs 30:23 an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
Infelicity in Ahasuerus, on Account of Vashti's Refusing to Appear Before his Drunken Courtiers
- Esther 1:10–22 On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him — Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas — …
Infelicity in David and Michal
- 2 Samuel 6:16 As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Samuel 6:20–23 When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the …
Infelicity in Elkanah, on Account of Bigamic Feuds
- 1 Samuel 1:4–7 And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. …
Infelicity in Moses and Zipporah
- Exodus 4:25–26 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. …
Infelicity In of Abraham, on Account of Hagar
- Genesis 16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
- Genesis 21:10–11 and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!” …
Infelicity In of Isaac, on Account of the Disagreement Between Jacob and Esau
- Genesis 27:4–46 Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.” …
Infelicity In of Jacob, the Bigamic Jealousy Between Leah and Rachel
- Genesis 29:30–34 Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years. …
- Genesis 30:1–25 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. …
Instituted
- Genesis 2:23–24 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.” …
Persian, Domestic Customs
- Esther 1:10–22 On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him — Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas — …
Religion of The
- Genesis 12:7–8 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. …
- Genesis 13:3–4 From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched, …
- Genesis 17:12–14 Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner — even those who are not your offspring. …
- Genesis 18:19 For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Deuteronomy 4:9–10 Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. …
- Deuteronomy 11:19–20 Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. …
- Deuteronomy 12:5–7 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. …
- Deuteronomy 12:11–12 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. …
- Joshua 24:15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are …
- Psalm 101:2 I will ponder the way that is blameless — when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
- Jeremiah 7:18 The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
- Acts 10:1–6 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment. …
- Acts 10:33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
- Acts 10:44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
- Acts 10:47–48 “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!” …
- Acts 16:25–34 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. …
- Acts 18:8 Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
- 1 Corinthians 1:16 Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.