Topic
Forsaking God
46 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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.
- Deuteronomy 28:20Torrey The wicked guilty of
The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
- Deuteronomy 29:25Torrey IS FORSAKING — His covenant
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
- Deuteronomy 31:20Torrey Prosperity tempts to
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and…
- Deuteronomy 32:15Torrey Prosperity tempts to
¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Joshua 24:16Torrey Resolve against
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
- Joshua 24:20Torrey Warnings against
If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
- Judges 10:13Torrey Provokes God to forsake men
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
- 1 Samuel 8:8Torrey Idolaters guilty of
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
- 1 Samuel 12:10Torrey Exemplified — Children of Israel
And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
- 1 Samuel 15:11Torrey Exemplified — Saul
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
- 1 Kings 11:33Torrey Idolaters guilty of
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to…
- 1 Kings 18:18Torrey Exemplified — Ahab
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
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- 1 Kings 19:10 Torrey IS FORSAKING — His covenant
- 2 Kings 17:7–18 Torrey Exemplified — Kingdom of Israel
- 2 Kings 21:22 Torrey Exemplified — Amon
- 2 Kings 22:16 Torrey Punishment of
- 2 Kings 22:17 Torrey Punishment of
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 Torrey Warnings against
- 2 Chronicles 12:1 Torrey Exemplified — Kingdom of Judah
- 2 Chronicles 12:5 Torrey Exemplified — Kingdom of Judah
- 2 Chronicles 13:11 Torrey Exemplified — Kingdom of Israel
- 2 Chronicles 15:2 Torrey Provokes God to forsake men
- 2 Chronicles 21:10 Torrey Exemplified — Kingdom of Judah
- 2 Chronicles 24:20 Torrey Provokes God to forsake men
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Torrey Provokes God to forsake men
- 2 Chronicles 29:6 Torrey IS FORSAKING — His house
- Ezra 8:22 Torrey Brings down his wrath
- Ezra 9:10 Torrey IS FORSAKING — His commandments
- Nehemiah 10:29–39 Torrey Resolve against
- Isaiah 1:4 Torrey Exemplified — Kingdom of Judah
- Isaiah 1:28 Torrey Punishment of
- Jeremiah 1:16 Torrey Punishment of
- Jeremiah 2:5 Torrey Unreasonableness and ingratitude of
- Jeremiah 2:6 Torrey Unreasonableness and ingratitude of
- Jeremiah 2:13 Torrey Leads men to follow their own devices
- Jeremiah 5:7 Torrey Wickedness of
- Jeremiah 5:19 Torrey Punishment of
- Jeremiah 15:6 Torrey Backsliders guilty of
- Jeremiah 17:5 Torrey Trusting in man is
- Jeremiah 17:13 Torrey Brings confusion
- Jeremiah 22:9 Torrey IS FORSAKING — His covenant
- Ezekiel 6:9 Torrey Followed by remorse
- Daniel 11:30 Torrey IS FORSAKING — His covenant
- John 6:66 Torrey Exemplified — Many disciples
- 2 Timothy 1:15 Torrey Exemplified — Phygellus, &c
- 2 Peter 2:15 Torrey IS FORSAKING — The right way
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 52 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Idolaters guilty of 1Sa 8:8; 1Ki 11:33
- The wicked guilty of De 28:20
- Backsliders guilty of Jer 15:6
- IS FORSAKING
- Trusting in man is Jer 17:5
- Leads men to follow their own devices Jer 2:13
- Prosperity tempts to De 31:20; 32:15
- Wickedness of Jer 2:13; 5:7
- Unreasonableness and ingratitude of Jer 2:5,6
- Brings confusion Jer 17:13
- Followed by remorse Eze 6:9
- Brings down his wrath Ezr 8:22
- Provokes God to forsake men Jud 10:13; 2Ch 15:2; 24:20,24
- Resolve against Jos 24:16; Ne 10:29-39
- Curse pronounced upon Jer 17:5
- Sin of, to be confessed Ezr 9:10
- Warnings against Jos 24:20; 1Ch 28:9
- Punishment of De 28:20; 2Ki 22:16,17; Isa 1:28; Jer 1:16; 5:19
- Exemplified
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.