Religion
72 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
31 sections
- False
- National: Established by Jeroboam
- National: Priests Supported by the State
- National: Subverted by Jeroboam
- National: Supported by Taxes
- Natural
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Abel
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Abraham
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Anna, the Prophetess
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Asa
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Cornelius, Another Centurion
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Daniel
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Eunice and Lois
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Gideon
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Hezekiah
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Jabez
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Jacob
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Jehoshaphat
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Jehu
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Jethro
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Joshua
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Josiah
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Moses
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Noah
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Samuel
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Simeon
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Solomon
- Outstanding Religious Persons: The Roman Centurion
- Outstanding Religious Persons: The Three Hebrews (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego)
- Outstanding Religious Persons: Zacharias
- True
False
- Deuteronomy 32:31–33 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede. …
National: Established by Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 12:26–33 Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David. …
National: Priests Supported by the State
- 1 Kings 18:19 Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:13–15 Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam. …
National: Subverted by Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 12:26–33 Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David. …
- 2 Chronicles 11:13–15 Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam. …
National: Supported by Taxes
- Exodus 30:11–16 Then the LORD said to Moses, …
- Exodus 38:26 a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
Natural
- Job 12:7–16 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. …
- Job 35:10–12 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night, …
- Job 37:1–24 “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. …
- Psalm 8:1–9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens. …
- Psalm 19:1–6 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. …
- Acts 14:17 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Acts 17:23–28 For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you. …
- Romans 1:18–20 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. …
- Romans 10:16–18 But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” …
Outstanding Religious Persons: Abel
- Genesis 4:4–8 while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, …
- 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.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Abraham
- Genesis 12:1–8 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. …
- Genesis 15:1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
- Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Genesis 18:22–33 And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. …
Outstanding Religious Persons: Anna, the Prophetess
- Luke 2:36–37 There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years, …
Outstanding Religious Persons: Asa
- 2 Chronicles 14:1 Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.
- 2 Chronicles 15:1 Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Cornelius, Another Centurion
- Acts 10:1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Daniel
- Daniel 6:4–22 Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him. …
Outstanding Religious Persons: Eunice and 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.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Gideon
- Judges 6:1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
- Judges 7:1 Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Hezekiah
- 2 Kings 18:3–7 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done. …
- 2 Kings 19:14–19 So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. …
Outstanding Religious Persons: Jabez
- 1 Chronicles 4:9–10 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” …
Outstanding Religious Persons: Jacob
- Genesis 28:10–22 Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. …
- Genesis 32:24–32 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. …
Outstanding Religious Persons: Jehoshaphat
- 2 Chronicles 17:3–9 Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, …
- 2 Chronicles 19:1 When Jehoshaphat king of Judah had returned safely to his home in Jerusalem,
- 2 Chronicles 20:1 After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:16–30 saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot. …
Outstanding Religious Persons: Jethro
- Exodus 18:12 Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Joshua
- Joshua 1:1 Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
Outstanding Religious Persons: 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.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Moses
- Exodus 3:2–22 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed. …
- Deuteronomy 32:1 Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Deuteronomy 33:1 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Noah
- Genesis 6:1 Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
- Genesis 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
- Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Samuel
- 1 Samuel 3:1 And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Simeon
- Luke 2:25–35 Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. …
Outstanding Religious Persons: Solomon
- 1 Kings 5:3–5 “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet. …
- 2 Chronicles 6:1 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
Outstanding Religious Persons: The Roman Centurion
- Luke 7:1–10 When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. …
Outstanding Religious Persons: The Three Hebrews (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego)
- Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
Outstanding Religious Persons: Zacharias
- Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
- Luke 1:67–79 Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: …
True
- Matthew 5:1–48 When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him, …
- Matthew 6:1–34 “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. …
- Matthew 7:1–29 “Do not judge, or you will be judged. …
- Matthew 22:36–40 “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?” …
- Acts 10:34–35 Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism, …
- Romans 8:1–18 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. …
- Romans 10:1–13 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation. …
- Romans 12:1–21 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. …
- 1 Corinthians 13:1–13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. …
- Galatians 5:22–25 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, …
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15–23 Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people. …
- James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- James 2:8–26 If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. …
- 2 Peter 1:5–9 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; …
- Jude 20–21 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, …
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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.