Topic
Children, Good
36 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 22:6–10Torrey Exemplified — Isaac
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my…
- Genesis 28:7Torrey Obey parents
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
- Genesis 45:9Torrey Take care of parents
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
- Genesis 45:11Torrey Take care of parents
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
- Genesis 46:29Torrey Show love to parents
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Genesis 47:12Torrey Take care of parents
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
- Genesis 47:30Torrey Obey parents
But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
- Judges 11:34Torrey Exemplified — Jephthah's daughter
¶ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Judges 11:36Torrey Exemplified — Jephthah's daughter
And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
- Judges 13:24Torrey Exemplified — Samson
¶ And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
- 1 Samuel 3:19Torrey The Lord is with
¶ And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
- 1 Samuel 17:20Torrey Exemplified — David
¶ And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
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- 1 Kings 18:12 Torrey Exemplified — Obadiah
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 Torrey Exemplified — Josiah
- Esther 2:20 Torrey Exemplified — Esther
- Job 29:4 Torrey Exemplified — Job
- Job 32:6 Torrey Honour the aged
- Job 32:7 Torrey Honour the aged
- Psalms 71:5 Torrey Exemplified — David
- Proverbs 3:1–4 Torrey Shall be blessed
- Proverbs 10:1 Torrey Make their parents' hearts glad
- Proverbs 13:1 Torrey Attend to parental teaching
- Proverbs 28:7 Torrey Observe the law of God
- Proverbs 29:17 Torrey Make their parents' hearts glad
- Daniel 1:6 Torrey Exemplified — Daniel
- Matthew 18:3 Torrey Spirit of, a requisite for the kingdom of heaven
- Matthew 18:4 Torrey Illustrative of a teachable spirit
- Matthew 21:15 Torrey Exemplified — Children in the Temple
- Matthew 21:16 Torrey Exemplified — Children in the Temple
- Luke 1:80 Torrey Exemplified — John the Baptist
- Acts 2:39 Torrey Partake of the promises of God
- Ephesians 6:2 Torrey Shall be blessed
- Ephesians 6:3 Torrey Shall be blessed
- Colossians 3:20 Torrey Their obedience to parents is well pleasing to God
- 2 Timothy 3:15 Torrey Know the Scriptures
- Hebrews 12:9 Torrey Adduced as a motive for submission to God
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 40 references, grouped by sub-topic
- The Lord is with 1Sa 3:19
- Know the Scriptures 2Ti 3:15
- Observe the law of God Pr 28:7
- Their obedience to parents is well pleasing to God Col 3:20
- Partake of the promises of God Ac 2:39
- Shall be blessed Pr 3:1-4; Eph 6:2,3
- Show love to parents Ge 46:29
- Obey parents Ge 28:7; 47:30
- Attend to parental teaching Pr 13:1
- Take care of parents Ge 45:9,11; 47:12
- Make their parents' hearts glad Pr 10:1; 29:17
- Honour the aged Job 32:6,7
- Adduced as a motive for submission to God Heb 12:9
- Spirit of, a requisite for the kingdom of heaven Mt 18:3
- Illustrative of a teachable spirit Mt 18:4
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Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.