Topic
Life, Natural
80 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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 2:7Torrey God is the author of
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Genesis 2:17Torrey Forfeited by sin
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Genesis 3:17–19Torrey Forfeited by sin
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy…
- Genesis 47:9Torrey IS COMPARED TO — A pilgrimage
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their…
- Genesis 48:15Torrey BE THANKFUL FOR — The supply of its wants
¶ And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
- Exodus 20:12Torrey Obedience to parents, tends to prolong
¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Exodus 20:13Torrey Of others, not to be taken away
Thou shalt not kill.
- Deuteronomy 30:20Torrey Obedience to God, tends to prolong
That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to…
- Deuteronomy 32:29Torrey Shortness of, should lead to spiritual improvement
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- 1 Samuel 2:32Torrey Sometimes judicially shortened
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
- 1 Samuel 2:33Torrey Sometimes judicially shortened
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
- 2 Samuel 14:14Torrey IS COMPARED TO — Water spilt on the ground
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
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- Job 2:4 Torrey The value of
- Job 2:6 Torrey Of saints, specially protected by God
- Job 7:1 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Limited
- Job 7:6 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — A weaver's shuttle
- Job 7:7 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — Wind
- Job 9:25 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — A swift post
- Job 9:26 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — An eagle hasting to the prey
- Job 12:10 Torrey Is in the hand of God
- Job 14:1 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Short
- Job 14:2 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — A flower
- Job 14:5 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Limited
- Job 36:6 Torrey Of the wicked, not specially protected by God
- Job 36:14 Torrey Sometimes judicially shortened
- Psalms 17:14 Torrey The wicked have their portion of good, during
- Psalms 36:6 Torrey God preserves
- Psalms 39:5 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — A hand-breadth
- Psalms 63:3 Torrey God's loving-kindness better than
- Psalms 66:9 Torrey God preserves
- Psalms 73:20 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — A dream
- Psalms 78:50 Torrey Of the wicked, not specially protected by God
- Psalms 89:47 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Short
- Psalms 90:5 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — A sleep
- Psalms 90:9 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — A tale told
- Psalms 90:12 Torrey Shortness of, should lead to spiritual improvement
- Psalms 103:4 Torrey BE THANKFUL FOR — The preservation of
- Psalms 128:2 Torrey Saints have true enjoyment of
- Proverbs 4:10 Torrey Obedience to parents, tends to prolong
- Proverbs 13:3 Torrey Preserved by discretion
- Ecclesiastes 2:17 Torrey The dissatisfied despise
- Ecclesiastes 3:12 Torrey SHOULD BE SPENT IN — Doing good
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Vain
- Isaiah 38:2–5 Torrey Sometimes prolonged, in answer to prayer
- Isaiah 38:12 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — A shepherd's tent removed
- Daniel 5:23 Torrey Is in the hand of God
- Matthew 6:25 Torrey The value of
- Matthew 9:18 Torrey Miraculously restored by Christ
- Matthew 9:25 Torrey Miraculously restored by Christ
- Matthew 10:23 Torrey Should be taken all due care of
- Matthew 10:39 Torrey Should be laid down, if necessary, for Christ
- Luke 1:75 Torrey SHOULD BE SPENT IN — The service of God
- Luke 6:24 Torrey The wicked have their portion of good, during
- Luke 7:15 Torrey Miraculously restored by Christ
- Luke 7:22 Torrey Miraculously restored by Christ
- Luke 8:14 Torrey Cares and pleasures of, dangerous
- Luke 12:15 Torrey The enjoyment of, consists not in abundance of possessions
- Luke 14:26 Torrey Should be laid down, if necessary, for Christ
- Luke 16:25 Torrey The wicked have their portion of good, during
- Luke 21:34 Torrey Cares and pleasures of, dangerous
- John 2:6 Torrey BE THANKFUL FOR — The preservation of
- John 11:43 Torrey Miraculously restored by Christ
- Acts 17:28 Torrey God is the author of
- Acts 18:10 Torrey Of saints, specially protected by God
- Acts 20:24 Torrey Should be laid down, if necessary, for Christ
- Acts 27:34 Torrey Should be taken all due care of
- Romans 12:18 Torrey SHOULD BE SPENT IN — Peace
- Romans 14:8 Torrey SHOULD BE SPENT IN — Living to God
- Romans 16:4 Torrey Should be laid down, if necessary, for the brethren
- Philippians 1:21 Torrey SHOULD BE SPENT IN — Living to God
- 1 Timothy 2:2 Torrey SHOULD BE SPENT IN — Peace
- 1 Timothy 4:8 Torrey Saints have true enjoyment of
- 2 Timothy 2:4 Torrey Cares and pleasures of, dangerous
- James 4:13–15 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Uncertain
- James 4:14 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — A vapour
- James 5:15 Torrey Sometimes prolonged, in answer to prayer
- 1 Peter 1:17 Torrey SHOULD BE SPENT IN — The fear of God
- 1 Peter 1:24 Torrey IS COMPARED TO — Grass
- 1 Peter 3:13 Torrey Of saints, specially protected by God
- 1 John 3:16 Torrey Should be laid down, if necessary, for the brethren
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 86 references, grouped by sub-topic
- God is the author of Ge 2:7; Ac 17:28
- God preserves Ps 36:6; 66:9
- Is in the hand of God Job 12:10; Da 5:23
- Forfeited by sin Ge 2:17; 3:17-19
- Of others, not to be taken away Ex 20:13
- DESCRIBED AS
- God's loving-kindness better than Ps 63:3
- The value of Job 2:4; Mt 6:25
- Preserved by discretion Pr 13:3
- Sometimes prolonged, in answer to prayer Isa 38:2-5; Jas 5:15
- Obedience to God, tends to prolong De 30:20
- Obedience to parents, tends to prolong Ex 20:12; Pr 4:10
- Cares and pleasures of, dangerous Lu 8:14; 21:34; 2Ti 2:4
- Saints have true enjoyment of Ps 128:2; 1Ti 4:8
- Of saints, specially protected by God Job 2:6; Ac 18:10; 1Pe 3:13
- Of the wicked, not specially protected by God Job 36:6; Ps 78:50
- The wicked have their portion of good, during Ps 17:14; Lu 6:24; 16:25
- SHOULD BE SPENT IN
- Should be taken all due care of Mt 10:23; Ac 27:34
- Should be laid down, if necessary, for Christ Mt 10:39; Lu 14:26; Ac 20:24
- Should be laid down, if necessary, for the brethren Ro 16:4; 1Jo 3:16
- BE THANKFUL FOR
- The dissatisfied despise Ec 2:17
- We know not what is good for us in Ec 6:12
- Be not over-anxious to provide for its wants Mt 6:25
- The enjoyment of, consists not in abundance of possessions Lu 12:15
- IS COMPARED TO
- An eagle hasting to the prey Job 9:26
- A pilgrimage Ge 47:9
- A tale told Ps 90:9
- A swift post Job 9:25
- A swift ship Job 9:26
- A hand-breadth Ps 39:5
- A shepherd's tent removed Isa 38:12
- A dream Ps 73:20
- A sleep Ps 90:5
- A vapour Jas 4:14
- A shadow Ec 6:12
- A thread cut by the weaver Isa 38:12
- A weaver's shuttle Job 7:6
- A flower Job 14:2
- Grass 1Pe 1:24
- Water spilt on the ground 2Sa 14:14
- Wind Job 7:7
- Shortness of, should lead to spiritual improvement De 32:29; Ps 90:12
- Sometimes judicially shortened 1Sa 2:32,33; Job 36:14
- Miraculously restored by Christ Mt 9:18,25; Lu 7:15,22; Joh 11:43
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.