Topic
Love of God, The
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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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 7:7Torrey Irrespective of merit
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
- Deuteronomy 7:8Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Sovereign
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 7:13Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Temporal blessings
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy…
- Deuteronomy 10:15Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Sovereign
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
- Deuteronomy 10:18Torrey MANIFESTED TOWARDS — The destitute
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
- Deuteronomy 23:5Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Defeating evil counsels
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
- Job 7:17Torrey Irrespective of merit
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
- Isaiah 38:17Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Forgiving sin
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Isaiah 43:3Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Redemption
For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
- Isaiah 43:4Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Redemption
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
- Isaiah 49:15Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Unfailing
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
- Isaiah 49:16Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Unfailing
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
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- Isaiah 63:9 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Redemption
- Jeremiah 31:3 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Everlasting
- Hosea 11:4 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Constraining
- Zephaniah 3:17 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Abiding
- Malachi 1:2 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Election
- Malachi 1:3 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Election
- John 3:16 Torrey MANIFESTED TOWARDS — Perishing sinners
- John 15:9 Torrey Christ, the especial object of
- John 15:10 Torrey Christ abides in
- John 16:27 Torrey MANIFESTED TOWARDS — His saints
- John 17:23 Torrey MANIFESTED TOWARDS — His saints
- John 17:26 Torrey Christ, the especial object of
- Romans 5:5 Torrey Shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Spirit
- Romans 5:8 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Christ's dying for us while sinners
- Romans 8:39 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Unalienable
- Romans 9:11–13 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Election
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 Torrey MANIFESTED TOWARDS — The cheerful giver
- 2 Corinthians 13:11 Torrey Is a part of his character
- 2 Corinthians 13:14 Torrey To be sought in prayer
- Ephesians 2:4 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Great
- Ephesians 2:5 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Quickening of souls
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16 Torrey MANIFESTED TOWARDS — His saints
- Titus 3:4 Torrey MANIFESTED TOWARDS — Perishing sinners
- Titus 3:4–7 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Freeness of salvation
- Hebrews 12:6 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Chastisements
- 1 John 2:5 Torrey PERFECTED IN SAINTS — By obedience
- 1 John 3:1 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Adoption
- 1 John 4:8 Torrey Is a part of his character
- 1 John 4:9 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — The sending of Christ
- 1 John 4:10 Torrey EXHIBITED IN — Christ's dying for us while sinners
- 1 John 4:12 Torrey PERFECTED IN SAINTS — By brotherly love
- 1 John 4:16 Torrey MANIFESTED TOWARDS — His saints
- 1 John 4:19 Torrey The source of our love to him
- Jude 1:21 Torrey Saints should abide in
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 50 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Is a part of his character 2Co 13:11; 1Jo 4:8
- Christ, the especial object of Joh 15:9; 17:26
- Christ abides in Joh 15:10
- DESCRIBED AS
- Irrespective of merit De 7:7; Job 7:17
- MANIFESTED TOWARDS
- EXHIBITED IN
- The giving of Christ Joh 3:16
- The sending of Christ 1Jo 4:9
- Christ's dying for us while sinners Ro 5:8; 1Jo 4:10
- Election Mal 1:2,3; Ro 9:11-13
- Adoption 1Jo 3:1
- Redemption Isa 43:3,4; 63:9
- Freeness of salvation Tit 3:4-7
- Forgiving sin Isa 38:17
- Quickening of souls Eph 2:4,5
- Drawing us to himself Ho 11:4
- Temporal blessings De 7:13
- Chastisements Heb 12:6
- Defeating evil counsels De 23:5
- Shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Spirit Ro 5:5
- Saints know and believe 1Jo 4:16
- Saints should abide in Jude 1:21
- PERFECTED IN SAINTS
- The source of our love to him 1Jo 4:19
- To be sought in prayer 2Co 13:14
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.