Topic
Wicked, the, Are Compared to
58 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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 Kings 19:26Torrey Corn blasted
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
- Job 11:12Torrey Wild ass's colt
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
- Job 20:8Torrey Visions of the night
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
- Job 21:18Torrey Chaff
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
- Psalms 1:4Torrey Chaff
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
- Psalms 17:12Torrey Lions greedy of prey
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Psalms 21:9Torrey Fiery oven
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
- Psalms 22:12Torrey Bulls of Bashan
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
- Psalms 37:2Torrey Grass
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
- Psalms 37:35Torrey Green bay-trees
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Psalms 49:12Torrey Beasts
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 58:4Torrey Deaf adders
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
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- Psalms 68:2 Torrey Melting wax
- Psalms 83:13 Torrey Wheels
- Psalms 92:7 Torrey Grass
- Psalms 115:8 Torrey Idols
- Psalms 118:12 Torrey Fire of thorns
- Psalms 119:119 Torrey Dross
- Proverbs 10:25 Torrey Passing whirlwinds
- Proverbs 26:11 Torrey Dogs
- Proverbs 26:23 Torrey Potsherds
- Isaiah 1:30 Torrey Fading oaks
- Isaiah 9:19 Torrey Fuel of fire
- Isaiah 14:19 Torrey Abominable branches
- Isaiah 50:9 Torrey Moth-eaten garments
- Isaiah 51:8 Torrey Moth-eaten garments
- Isaiah 55:13 Torrey Briars and thorns
- Isaiah 57:20 Torrey Troubled sea
- Jeremiah 6:28 Torrey Brass and iron
- Jeremiah 6:30 Torrey Reprobate silver
- Jeremiah 8:6 Torrey Horses rushing into the battle
- Jeremiah 17:6 Torrey Heath in the desert
- Jeremiah 24:8 Torrey Evil figs
- Ezekiel 2:6 Torrey Briars and thorns
- Ezekiel 22:18 Torrey Brass and iron
- Ezekiel 22:19 Torrey Dross
- Hosea 7:4 Torrey Fiery oven
- Hosea 13:3 Torrey Early dew that passes away
- Zephaniah 1:17 Torrey Blind, The
- Malachi 4:1 Torrey Stubble
- Malachi 4:3 Torrey Ashes under the feet
- Matthew 3:12 Torrey Chaff
- Matthew 7:6 Torrey Dogs
- Matthew 7:26 Torrey Fools building upon sand
- Matthew 11:16 Torrey Wayward children
- Matthew 13:5 Torrey Stony ground
- Matthew 13:38 Torrey Tares
- Matthew 13:48 Torrey Bad fishes
- Matthew 15:14 Torrey Blind, The
- Matthew 23:27 Torrey Whited sepulchres
- Matthew 23:33 Torrey Serpents
- Matthew 25:32 Torrey Goats
- Luke 6:43 Torrey Corrupt trees
- 2 Peter 2:12 Torrey Beasts
- 2 Peter 2:17 Torrey Wells without water
- 2 Peter 2:22 Torrey Dogs
- Jude 1:12 Torrey Clouds without water
- Jude 1:13 Torrey Raging waves of the sea
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 71 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Abominable branches Isa 14:19
- Ashes under the feet Mal 4:3
- Bad fishes Mt 13:48
- Beasts Ps 49:12; 2Pe 2:12
- Blind, The Zep 1:17; Mt 15:14
- Brass and iron Jer 6:28; Eze 22:18
- Briars and thorns Isa 55:13; Eze 2:6
- Bulls of Bashan Ps 22:12
- Carcasses trodden under feet Isa 14:19
- Chaff Job 21:18; Ps 1:4; Mt 3:12
- Clouds without water Jude 1:12
- Corn blasted 2Ki 19:26
- Corrupt trees Lu 6:43
- Deaf adders Ps 58:4
- Dogs Pr 26:11; Mt 7:6; 2Pe 2:22
- Dross Ps 119:119; Eze 22:18,19
- Early dew that passes away Ho 13:3
- Evil figs Jer 24:8
- Fading oaks Isa 1:30
- Fiery oven Ps 21:9; Ho 7:4
- Fire of thorns Ps 118:12
- Fools building upon sand Mt 7:26
- Fuel of fire Isa 9:19
- Garden without water Isa 1:30
- Goats Mt 25:32
- Grass Ps 37:2; 92:7
- Grass on the housetop 2Ki 19:26
- Green bay-trees Ps 37:35
- Green herbs Ps 37:2
- Heath in the desert Jer 17:6
- Horses rushing into the battle Jer 8:6
- Idols Ps 115:8
- Lions greedy of prey Ps 17:12
- Melting wax Ps 68:2
- Morning-clouds Ho 13:3
- Moth-eaten garments Isa 50:9; 51:8
- Passing whirlwinds Pr 10:25
- Potsherds Pr 26:23
- Raging waves of the sea Jude 1:13
- Reprobate silver Jer 6:30
- Scorpions Eze 2:6
- Serpents Ps 58:4; Mt 23:33
- Smoke Ho 13:3
- Stony ground Mt 13:5
- Stubble Job 21:18; Mal 4:1
- Swine Mt 7:6; 2Pe 2:22
- Tares Mt 13:38
- Troubled sea Isa 57:20
- Visions of the night Job 20:8
- Wandering stars Jude 1:13
- Wayward children Mt 11:16
- Wells without water 2Pe 2:17
- Wheels Ps 83:13
- Whited sepulchres Mt 23:27
- Wild ass's colt Job 11:12
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.