Influence

62 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

10 sections

Evil
Evil: Eve Over Adam
Evil: Satan Over Adam and Eve
Good
Good: Ezra
Good: Hezekiah
Good: Josiah
Good: Manasseh
Good: Nehemiah
Political

Evil

1 Kings 11:3–4 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines — and his wives turned his heart away. …
1 Kings 15:25–26 In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years. …
1 Kings 21:25 (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
1 Kings 22:51–53 In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years. …
2 Kings 8:16–18 In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah. …
2 Kings 8:25–27 In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. …
2 Kings 17:21–22 When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. …
2 Kings 21:9 But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 21:5–6 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. …
2 Chronicles 22:3–5 Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness. …
2 Chronicles 33:9 So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
Proverbs 22:24–25 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, …
Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Jeremiah 17:1–2 “The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars. …
Hosea 4:9 And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Matthew 13:24–25 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. …
Luke 12:1 In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
1 Corinthians 5:6–8 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? …
Galatians 3:1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
Galatians 5:7–9 You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth? …
2 Timothy 2:14 Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
2 Timothy 2:17–18 and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, …
Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

Evil: Eve Over Adam

Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Evil: Satan Over Adam and 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?’” …

Good

1 Samuel 19:1–6 Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David, …
1 Samuel 20:4–9 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.” …
1 Kings 22:42–43 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. …
2 Kings 15:1–3 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah. …
2 Kings 15:32–34 In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah. …
Matthew 5:13–16 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. …
Mark 4:21–22 Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand? …
Luke 11:33–36 No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light. …
John 7:38 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
1 Corinthians 7:16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
1 Thessalonians 1:7–8 As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. …
1 Timothy 6:1 All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
1 Peter 2:11–12 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul. …
1 Peter 3:1–2 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 3:15–16 But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect, …

Good: Ezra

Ezra 10:1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites — men, women, and children — gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
Ezra 9:1 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like …

Good: Hezekiah

2 Chronicles 29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2 Chronicles 30:1 Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 31:1 When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as …

Good: Josiah

2 Kings 22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
2 Kings 23:1 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
2 Chronicles 35:1 Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Good: Manasseh

2 Chronicles 33:12–19 And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. …

Good: Nehemiah

Nehemiah 4:1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
Nehemiah 5:1 About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Political

1 Kings 2:13–18 Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied. …
2 Kings 4:12–13 And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him, …
Nehemiah 6:17–19 Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them. …
Proverbs 19:6 Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
Proverbs 29:26 Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
Daniel 5:10–12 Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale. …
Matthew 20:20–24 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him. …
Acts 12:20 Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s …

Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.