Topic
Curiosity
28 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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 3:6Nave INSTANCES OF — Of Eve
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- Genesis 18:23–32Nave INSTANCES OF — Of Abraham, to know whether God would destroy the righteous people who lived in Sodom
¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee…
- Genesis 32:29Nave INSTANCES OF — Of Jacob, to know the name of the angel
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
- Exodus 19:21Nave To see God
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
- Exodus 19:24Nave To see God
And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
- Numbers 4:19Nave To witness the offering in the Holy of Holies
But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
- Numbers 4:20Nave To witness the offering in the Holy of Holies
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
- Judges 13:17Nave To witness the offering in the Holy of Holies — Of Manoah, to know the name of an angel
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
- Judges 13:18Nave To witness the offering in the Holy of Holies — Of Manoah, to know the name of an angel
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
- 1 Samuel 6:19Nave To witness the offering in the Holy of Holies — Of the people of Beth-shemish, to look inside the ark of the covenant
¶ And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
- 2 Kings 20:13Nave To witness the offering in the Holy of Holies — Of the Babylonians, to see Hezekiah's treasures
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his…
- Proverbs 27:20Nave General scriptures concerning
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:21 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Daniel 12:8 Nave To witness the offering in the Holy of Holies — Of Daniel, to know a vision
- Daniel 12:9 Nave To witness the offering in the Holy of Holies — Of Daniel, to know a vision
- Matthew 26:1–75 Nave To know what was being done with Jesus
- Luke 9:9 Nave To know what John would be appointed to do — Of Herod (Antipas), to see Jesus
- Luke 13:23 Nave To know what John would be appointed to do — A disciple, to know if few would be saved
- Luke 23:8 Nave To know what John would be appointed to do — Of Herod (Antipas), to see Jesus
- John 12:9 Nave To see Lazarus, after he was raised from the dead
- John 12:20 Nave And to see Jesus
- John 12:21 Nave And to see Jesus
- John 21:21 Nave To know what John would be appointed to do
- John 21:22 Nave To know what John would be appointed to do
- Acts 1:6 Nave And to see Jesus — Of the disciples, to know whether Jesus would restore the kingdom of the Jews
- Acts 1:7 Nave And to see Jesus — Of the disciples, to know whether Jesus would restore the kingdom of the Jews
- Acts 17:19–21 Nave And to see Jesus — Of the Athenians, to hear some new thing
- 1 Peter 1:12 Nave And to see Jesus — Of angels, to look into the mysteries of salvation
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 28 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning Pr 27:20; Ec 7:21
- → INSTANCES OF
- Of Eve Ge 3:6
- Of Abraham, to know whether God would destroy the righteous people who lived in Sodom Ge 18:23-32
- Of Jacob, to know the name of the angel Ge 32:29
- Of the Israelites
- To see God Ex 19:21,24
- To witness the offering in the Holy of Holies Nu 4:19,20
- To know what was being done with Jesus Mt 26
- To know what John would be appointed to do Joh 21:21,22
- To see Lazarus, after he was raised from the dead Joh 12:9
- And to see Jesus Joh 12:20,21
- Of the disciples, to know whether Jesus would restore the kingdom of the Jews Ac 1:6,7
- Of the Athenians, to hear some new thing Ac 17:19-21
- Of angels, to look into the mysteries of salvation 1Pe 1:12
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.