Topic
Religion
87 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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.
- James 1:27ISBE · Nave TRUE
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
- Genesis 4:4–8Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Abel
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD…
- Genesis 6:1–22Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Noah
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit…
- Genesis 7:1–24Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Noah
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two,…
- Genesis 8:1–22Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Noah
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from…
- Genesis 9:1–29Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Noah
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth,…
- Genesis 12:1–8Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Abraham
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a…
- Genesis 15:1–21Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Abraham
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this…
- Genesis 17:1–27Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Abraham
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on…
- Genesis 18:22–33Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Abraham
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. ¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt…
- Genesis 28:10–22Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Jacob
¶ And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to…
- Genesis 32:24–32Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Jacob
¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.…
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- Exodus 3:2–22 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Moses
- Exodus 18:12 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Jethro
- Exodus 30:11–16 Nave NATIONAL — Supported by taxes
- Exodus 38:26 Nave NATIONAL — Supported by taxes
- Deuteronomy 32:1–52 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Moses
- Deuteronomy 32:31–33 Nave FALSE
- Deuteronomy 33:1–29 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Moses
- Joshua 1:1–18 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Joshua
- Judges 6:1–40 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Gideon
- Judges 7:1–25 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Gideon
- 1 Samuel 3:1–21 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Samuel
- 1 Kings 5:3–5 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Solomon
- 1 Kings 12:26–33 Nave NATIONAL — Subverted by Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 18:19 Nave NATIONAL — Priests supported by the State
- 2 Kings 10:16–30 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Jehu
- 2 Kings 18:3–7 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Hezekiah
- 2 Kings 19:14–19 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Hezekiah
- 2 Kings 22:1–20 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Josiah
- 2 Kings 23:1–37 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Josiah
- 1 Chronicles 4:9 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Jabez
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Jabez
- 2 Chronicles 6:1–42 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Solomon
- 2 Chronicles 11:13–15 Nave NATIONAL — Priests supported by the State
- 2 Chronicles 14:1–15 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Asa
- 2 Chronicles 15:1–19 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Asa
- 2 Chronicles 17:3–9 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Jehoshaphat
- 2 Chronicles 19:1–11 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Jehoshaphat
- 2 Chronicles 20:1–37 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Jehoshaphat
- Job 12:7–16 Nave NATURAL
- Job 35:10–12 Nave NATURAL
- Job 37:1–24 Nave NATURAL
- Psalms 8:1–9 Nave NATURAL
- Psalms 19:1–6 Nave NATURAL
- Daniel 3:1–30 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — The three Hebrews (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego)
- Daniel 6:4–22 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Daniel
- 1 Maccabees 1:43 ISBE
- 1 Maccabees 2:19 ISBE
- 1 Maccabees 2:22 ISBE
- 2 Maccabees 6:24 ISBE
- 2 Maccabees 8:1 ISBE
- 2 Maccabees 14:38 ISBE
- Matthew 5:1–48 Nave TRUE
- Matthew 6:1–34 Nave TRUE
- Matthew 7:1–29 Nave TRUE
- Matthew 22:36–40 Nave TRUE
- Luke 1:13 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Zacharias
- Luke 1:67–79 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Zacharias
- Luke 2:25–35 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Simeon
- Luke 2:36 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Anna, the prophetess
- Luke 2:37 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Anna, the prophetess
- Luke 7:1–10 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — The Roman centurion
- Acts 10:1–48 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Cornelius, another centurion
- Acts 10:34 Nave TRUE
- Acts 10:35 Nave TRUE
- Acts 14:17 Nave NATURAL
- Acts 17:22 ISBE
- Acts 17:23–28 Nave NATURAL
- Acts 26:5 ISBE
- Romans 1:18–20 Nave NATURAL
- Romans 8:1–18 Nave TRUE
- Romans 10:1–13 Nave TRUE
- Romans 10:16–18 Nave NATURAL
- Romans 12:1–21 Nave TRUE
- 1 Corinthians 13:1–13 Nave TRUE
- Galatians 1:13 ISBE
- Galatians 1:14 ISBE
- Galatians 5:22–25 Nave TRUE
- Colossians 2:18 ISBE
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15–23 Nave TRUE
- 2 Timothy 1:5 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Eunice and Lois
- Hebrews 11:4 Nave INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS — Abel
- James 1:26 ISBE
- James 2:8–26 Nave TRUE
- 2 Peter 1:5–9 Nave TRUE
- Jude 1:1 Nave TRUE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 15 references
re-lij'-un: "Religion" and "religious" in Elizabethan English were used frequently to denote the outward expression of worship. This is the force of threskeia, translated "religion" in Ac 26:5; Jas 1:26,27 (with adjective threskos, "religious"), while the same noun in Col 2:18 is rendered "worshipping" ("cult" would give the exact meaning). And in the same external sense "religion" is used by the King James Version for latreia, "worship" (so the Revised Version (British and American)), in I Macc 1:43; 2:19,22. Otherwise "Jews' religion" (or "religion of the Jews") appears in 2 Macc 8:1; 14:38 (the Revised Version (British and American) bis); Ga 1:13,14 (Ioudaismos, "Judaism"); and "an alien religion" in 2 Macc 6:24 (allophulismos, "that belonging to another tribe"). The neglect of the external force of "religion" has led to much reckless misquoting of Jas 1:26,27. Compare Ac 17:22.
See SUPERSTITION.
Burton Scott Easton
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 77 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → FALSE De 32:31-33
- See IDOLATRY
- See INTOLERANCE
- See TEACHERS, FALSE
- → FAMILY
- See FAMILY
- → NATIONAL
- Supported by taxes Ex 30:11-16; 38:26
- Priests supported by the State 1Ki 18:19; 2Ch 11:13-15
- Subverted by Jeroboam 1Ki 12:26-33; 2Ch 11:13-15
- Established by Jeroboam 1Ki 12:26-33
- → NATURAL Job 12:7-16; 35:10-12; 37:1-24; Ps 8:1-9; 19:1-6; Ac 14:17; 17:23-28; Ro 1:18-20; 10:16-18
- See REVIVALS
- → TRUE Mt 5:1-48; 6:1-34; 7:1-29; 22:36-40; Ac 10:34,35; Ro 8:1-18; 10:1-13; 12:1-21; 1Co 13:1-13; Ga 5:22-25; 1Th 5:15-23; Jas 1:27; 2:8-26; 2Pe 1:5-9; Jude 1:20,21
- See BLESSINGS, SPIRITUAL
- See COMMANDMENTS
- See DUTY
- See GRACES
- See REGENERATION
- See REPENTANCE
- See SANCTIFICATION
- See SIN, FORGIVENESS OF
- → INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS PERSONS
- Abel Ge 4:4-8; Heb 11:4
- Noah Ge 6; 7; 8; 9
- Abraham Ge 12:1-8; 15; 17; 18:22-33
- Jacob Ge 28:10-22; 32:24-32
- Moses Ex 3:2-22; De 32; 33
- Jethro Ex 18:12
- Joshua Jos 1
- Gideon Jud 6; 7
- Samuel 1Sa 3
- David
- See PSALMS OF DAVID
- Solomon 1Ki 5:3-5; 2Ch 6
- Jehu 2Ki 10:16-30
- Hezekiah 2Ki 18:3-7; 19:14-19
- Jehoshaphat 2Ch 17:3-9; 19; 20
- Jabez 1Ch 4:9,10
- Asa 2Ch 14; 15
- Josiah 2Ki 22; 23
- Daniel Da 6:4-22
- The three Hebrews (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego) Da 3
- Zacharias Lu 1:13,67-79
- Simeon Lu 2:25-35
- Anna, the prophetess Lu 2:36,37
- The Roman centurion Lu 7:1-10
- Cornelius, another centurion Ac 10
- Eunice and Lois 2Ti 1:5
- See, for additional instances, each of the apostles, disciples, and JOHN, PAUL, PETER, STEPHEN; also see each of the prophets
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); 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.