Topic
Worldliness
109 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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.
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The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 25:30–34Nave INSTANCES OF — Esau
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this…
- Genesis 25:31–34Nave INSTANCES OF — Jacob
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob…
- Genesis 27:36Nave INSTANCES OF — Jacob
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
- Genesis 30:37–43Nave INSTANCES OF — Jacob
¶ And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering…
- Genesis 37:26Nave INSTANCES OF — Judah
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
- Genesis 37:27Nave INSTANCES OF — Judah
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
- Numbers 11:33Nave INSTANCES OF — Israelites
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
- Numbers 11:34Nave INSTANCES OF — Israelites
And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
- Numbers 22:1–41Nave INSTANCES OF — Balaam
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. ¶ And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab…
- Numbers 23:1–30Nave INSTANCES OF — Balaam
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt…
- Numbers 24:1–25Nave INSTANCES OF — Balaam
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their…
- 1 Samuel 2:12–17Nave INSTANCES OF — Eli' s sons
¶ Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;…
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- 1 Samuel 8:19 Nave General scriptures concerning
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- 2 Kings 5:21–27 Nave INSTANCES OF — Gehazi
- Job 20:4–29 Nave General scriptures concerning
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- Psalms 49:16–18 Nave General scriptures concerning
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- Psalms 78:18 Nave INSTANCES OF — Israelites
- Psalms 78:29–31 Nave INSTANCES OF — Israelites
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- Matthew 14:6 Nave INSTANCES OF — Herod Antipas
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- Titus 1:12 Nave INSTANCES OF — Cretans
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- Hebrews 11:24–26 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Hebrews 12:16 Nave INSTANCES OF — Esau
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- 2 Peter 2:15 Nave INSTANCES OF — Balaam
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In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 110 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning 1Sa 8:19,20; Job 20:4-29; 21:11-15; Ps 49:16-18; 73:2-22; Pr 14:12,13; 15:21; 21:17; 23:20,21; 27:1,7; Ec 1:8; 2:1-12; 6:11,12; 8:15-17; 10:19; 11:9,10; Isa 22:12,13; 24:7-11; 28:4; 32:9-11; 47:7-9; Ho 9:1,11,13; Am 6:3-7; 8:10; Mic 2:10; 6:14; Hag 1:6; Mt 6:25-34; 10:39; 13:22; 16:25,26; 18:1-4; 22:2-6; 24:38,39; Mr 4:19; 8:35-37; 9:33-36; Lu 8:14; 9:46-48; 12:19; 14:17-24; 16:1-13,19-25; 17:26-29,33; 21:34; Joh 5:44; 12:25,43; 15:19; Ro 12:2; 1Co 7:29-31; 10:6; 15:32; Php 3:18,19; Col 3:2,5; 1Ti 5:6; 2Ti 2:4,22; 3:2-7; Tit 2:12; 3:3; Heb 11:24-26; Jas 2:1-4; 4:4,9; 5:5; 1Pe 1:14,24; 2:11; 4:3,4; 2Pe 2:12-15,18; 1Jo 2:15-17; Jude 1:11-13,16,19
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- → See PLEASURES
- → See RICHES
- → INSTANCES OF
Texts: 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.