Seals
34 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
20 sections
- Appropriation of Saints to God by the Spirit
- Called Signet
- Circumcision
- Converts
- Full Approval
- Generally Worn As Rings or Bracelets
- Impressions of Attached to all Royal Decrees
- Impressions of Attached to Covenants
- Impressions of Attached to Lease and Transfers of Property
- Impressions of Attached to the Victims Approved for Sacrifice, Alluded To
- Impressions of Frequently Taken in Clay
- Impressions of Set Upon Treasures
- Impressions of Used for Security
- Impressions of Were Given by Kings As a Badge of Authority
- Inscriptions Upon, Alluded To
- Precious Stones Set in Gold Used As
- Restraint
- Secrecy
- Security
- What is Dear or Valued
Appropriation of Saints to God by the Spirit
- 2 Corinthians 1:22 placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
- Ephesians 1:13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth — the gospel of your salvation — you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
- Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Called Signet
- Genesis 38:18 “What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
- Genesis 38:25 As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
Circumcision
- Romans 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness …
Converts
- 1 Corinthians 9:2 Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Full Approval
- John 3:33 Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
Generally Worn As Rings or Bracelets
- Jeremiah 22:24 “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “evenif you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
Impressions of Attached to all Royal Decrees
- 1 Kings 21:8 Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
- Esther 3:12 On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of …
- Esther 8:8 Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
Impressions of Attached to Covenants
- Nehemiah 9:38 In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
- Nehemiah 10:1 Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,
Impressions of Attached to Lease and Transfers of Property
- Jeremiah 32:9–12 So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver. …
- Jeremiah 32:44 Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah— the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the …
Impressions of Attached to the Victims Approved for Sacrifice, Alluded To
- John 6:27 Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
Impressions of Frequently Taken in Clay
- Job 38:14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
Impressions of Set Upon Treasures
- Deuteronomy 32:34 “Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
Impressions of Used for Security
- Daniel 6:17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.
- Matthew 27:66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
Impressions of Were Given by Kings As a Badge of Authority
- Genesis 41:41–42 Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.” …
Inscriptions Upon, Alluded To
- 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
Precious Stones Set in Gold Used As
- Exodus 28:11 Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings.
Restraint
- Job 9:7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
- Job 37:7 He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
- Revelation 20:3 And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
Secrecy
- Daniel 12:4 But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
- Revelation 5:1 Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
- Revelation 10:4 When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
Security
- Song of Solomon 4:12 My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
- 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- Revelation 7:2–8 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: …
- Revelation 20:3 And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
What is Dear or Valued
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- Jeremiah 22:24 “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “evenif you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
- Haggai 2:23 On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
Related topics
SealSeal of Certainty of Divine ApprovalSealing of the Holy SpiritHanamelBracelet by Men
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.