Presumption
81 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
49 sections
- A Characteristic of Antichrist
- A Characteristic of the Wicked
- Abraham, in Questioning About Sodom
- Benhadad
- Ben-Hadad
- Builders of Babel
- Complaining at Meribah
- David, in Numbering Israel
- David's Anger on Account of Uzzah's Death
- Diotrephes
- Exhibited in Esteeming Our own Ways Right
- Exhibited in Opposing God
- Exhibited in Planning for the Future
- Exhibited in Pretending to Prophecy
- Exhibited in Seeking Precedence
- Exhibited in Self-Righteousness
- Exhibited in Spiritual Pride
- Exhibited in Wilful Commission of Sin
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Israelites
- Israelites, in Ascending to the Top of the Hill Against the Amalekites
- James and John, in Desiring to Call Down Fire Upon the Samaritans
- Jeroboam
- Job, in Cursing the Day of his Birth
- Jonah
- Korah
- Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
- Men of Bethshemesh
- Men of Beth-Shemesh
- Moses, in Rebuking Jehovah
- Nadab and Abihu
- Pray to be Kept from Sins of
- Punishment For
- Reproved by Eliphaz
- Reproving Jesus
- Saints Avoid
- Satan, when he Said to Eve, “You Will Surely not Die”
- Saul, in Sacrificing
- Sennacherib
- Sons of Sceva
- Sparing the Amalekites
- The Disciples, in Rebuking Those Who Brought Little Children to Jesus
- The Disciples, in Their Indignation at the Anointing of Jesus
- The Sons of Sceva
- Theudas
- Those Who Reviled Jesus
- Uzzah
- Uzzah, in Steadying the Ark of the Covenant
- Uzziah
A Characteristic of Antichrist
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4 He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
A Characteristic of the Wicked
- 2 Peter 2:10 Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
Abraham, in Questioning About Sodom
- Genesis 18:23–32 Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? …
Benhadad
- 1 Kings 20:19 Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
Ben-Hadad
- 1 Kings 20:10 Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
Builders of Babel
- Genesis 11:4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Complaining at Meribah
- Exodus 17:2 So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
- Exodus 17:7 He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
David, in Numbering Israel
- 2 Samuel 24:1–17 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.” …
David's Anger on Account of Uzzah's Death
- 2 Samuel 6:8 Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
Diotrephes
- 3 John 9 I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
Exhibited in Esteeming Our own Ways Right
- Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
Exhibited in Opposing God
- Job 15:25–26 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, …
Exhibited in Planning for the Future
- Luke 12:18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
- James 4:13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
Exhibited in Pretending to Prophecy
- Deuteronomy 18:22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
Exhibited in Seeking Precedence
- Luke 14:7–11 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable: …
Exhibited in Self-Righteousness
- Hosea 12:8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
- Revelation 3:17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Exhibited in Spiritual Pride
- Isaiah 65:5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
- Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men — swindlers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector.
Exhibited in Wilful Commission of Sin
- Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Exodus 5:2 But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- Exodus 14:11–12 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? …
- Exodus 17:7 He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
- Numbers 15:30 But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
- Numbers 16:41 The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
- Numbers 21:5 and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
- Deuteronomy 6:16 Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
- Deuteronomy 29:19–20 because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. …
- 1 Kings 20:28 Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your …
- 1 Kings 22:24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
- Job 15:25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Psalm 19:13 Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.
- Psalm 131:1 My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
- Proverbs 18:12–13 Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor. …
- Proverbs 25:6–7 Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men; …
- Isaiah 5:18–25 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes, …
- Isaiah 10:15 Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
- Isaiah 14:13–14 You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. …
- Isaiah 28:14–18 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem. …
- Isaiah 28:22 So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
- Isaiah 29:15–16 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?” …
- Isaiah 29:20 For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
- Isaiah 45:9–10 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’? …
- Isaiah 58:3 “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
- Isaiah 65:5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
- Jeremiah 23:34 As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
- Matthew 4:5–7 Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. …
- Luke 4:9–11 Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here. …
- Luke 12:18–20 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods. …
- Luke 14:7–11 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable: …
- Luke 18:11–12 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men — swindlers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector. …
- Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
- Romans 9:20–21 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” …
- 1 Corinthians 10:9–12 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes. …
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness — the son of destruction — is revealed.
- James 4:13–16 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” …
- 2 Peter 2:10–11 Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings. …
Israelites
- Numbers 14:44 But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.
Israelites, in Ascending to the Top of the Hill Against the Amalekites
- Numbers 14:44–45 But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp. …
James and John, in Desiring to Call Down Fire Upon the Samaritans
- Luke 9:54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 13:4 Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he …
Job, in Cursing the Day of his Birth
- Job 3:1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Jonah
- Jonah 4:1–8 Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry. …
Korah
- Numbers 16:3 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 …
- Numbers 16:7 and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
- Numbers 16:3 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 …
Men of Bethshemesh
- 1 Samuel 6:19 But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
Men of Beth-Shemesh
- 1 Samuel 6:19 But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
Moses, in Rebuking Jehovah
- Numbers 11:11–15 So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people? …
- Numbers 11:22 If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
Nadab and Abihu
- Leviticus 10:1–2 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command. …
Pray to be Kept from Sins of
- Psalm 19:13 Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.
Punishment For
- Numbers 15:30 But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
- Revelation 18:7–8 As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ …
Reproved by Eliphaz
Reproving Jesus
- John 7:3–5 So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing. …
Saints Avoid
- Psalm 131:1 My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
Satan, when he Said to Eve, “You Will Surely not Die”
- 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?’” …
Saul, in Sacrificing
- 1 Samuel 13:8–14 And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul. …
Sennacherib
- 2 Chronicles 32:13–14 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand? …
Sons of Sceva
- Acts 19:13–14 Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.” …
Sparing the Amalekites
- 1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
The Disciples, in Rebuking Those Who Brought Little Children to Jesus
- Matthew 19:13 Then little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
- Mark 10:13–14 Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them. …
- Luke 18:15 Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them.
The Disciples, in Their Indignation at the Anointing of Jesus
- Matthew 26:8–9 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste? …
- Mark 14:4–5 Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume? …
- John 12:5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
The Sons of Sceva
- Acts 19:13–14 Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.” …
Theudas
- Acts 5:36 Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
Those Who Reviled Jesus
- Matthew 27:42–43 “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him. …
- Mark 15:29–32 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, …
Uzzah
- 2 Samuel 6:6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
Uzzah, in Steadying the Ark of the Covenant
- 2 Samuel 6:6–7 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled. …
Uzziah
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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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.