Topic
Watchmen
30 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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.
- 2 Samuel 18:24–27Torrey IN TIME OF DANGER — Reported the approach of all strangers
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there…
- 2 Kings 9:17Torrey WERE STATIONED — On watch towers
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
- 2 Kings 9:18–20Torrey IN TIME OF DANGER — Reported the approach of all strangers
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. Then he sent…
- 2 Kings 11:6Torrey WERE STATIONED — Around the temple in Jerusalem on special occasions
And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
- Nehemiah 4:9Torrey IN TIME OF DANGER — Vigilant night and day
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
- Nehemiah 7:3Torrey Citizens sometimes acted as
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over…
- Psalms 127:1Torrey WERE STATIONED — In the streets of cities
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
- Psalms 130:5Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
- Psalms 130:6Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
- Song of Songs 3:3Torrey Paraded the streets at night to preserve order
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
- Song of Songs 5:7Torrey Paraded the streets at night to preserve order
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
- Isaiah 5:28Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of ministers
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
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- Isaiah 21:5 Torrey WERE STATIONED — On watch towers
- Isaiah 21:6 Torrey IN TIME OF DANGER — Reported the approach of all strangers
- Isaiah 21:7 Torrey IN TIME OF DANGER — Reported the approach of all strangers
- Isaiah 21:8 Torrey IN TIME OF DANGER — Vigilant night and day
- Isaiah 21:9 Torrey IN TIME OF DANGER — Reported the approach of all strangers
- Isaiah 21:11 Torrey Often interrogated by passengers
- Isaiah 56:10 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Blind,) of careless ministers
- Isaiah 62:6 Torrey WERE STATIONED — On the walls of cities
- Jeremiah 51:12 Torrey IN TIME OF DANGER — Increase in number
- Ezekiel 3:17 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of ministers
- Ezekiel 33:2 Torrey IN TIME OF DANGER — Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies
- Ezekiel 33:3 Torrey IN TIME OF DANGER — Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies
- Ezekiel 33:6 Torrey Neglecting to give warning punished with death
- Matthew 27:65 Torrey Soldiers generally acted as
- Matthew 27:66 Torrey Soldiers generally acted as
- Matthew 28:13 Torrey Danger of sleeping on their posts, referred to
- Matthew 28:14 Torrey Danger of sleeping on their posts, referred to
- Hebrews 13:17 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of ministers
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 33 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Soldiers generally acted as Mt 27:65,66
- Citizens sometimes acted as Ne 7:3
- WERE STATIONED
- Paraded the streets at night to preserve order So 3:3; 5:7
- IN TIME OF DANGER
- Increase in number Jer 51:12
- Vigilant night and day Ne 4:9; Isa 21:8
- Reported the approach of all strangers 2Sa 18:24-27; 2Ki 9:18-20; Isa 21:6,7,9
- Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies Eze 33:2,3
- Vigilance of, vain without God's protection Ps 127:1
- Were relieved by turns Ne 7:3
- Danger of sleeping on their posts, referred to Mt 28:13,14
- Neglecting to give warning punished with death Eze 33:6
- Often interrogated by passengers Isa 21:11
- ILLUSTRATIVE
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.