Torrey's New Topical Textbook

by R. A. Torrey

A covering for the head usually worn by women   Ge 38:14.

Was worn

As a token of modesty.  Ge 24:65.

As a token of subjection.  1Co 11:3,6,7,10.

For concealment.  Ge 38:14.

 

The removing of, considered rude and insolent   Song 5:7.

Removing of, threatened as a punishment to ungodly women   Isa 3:23.

Moses put one on to conceal the glory of his face   Ex 34:33; 2Co 3:13.

Illustrative

Of the spiritual blindness of the Gentile nations.  Isa 25:7.

Of the spiritual blindness of the Jewish nation.  2Co 3:14-16.

 

Moses commanded to make   Ex 26:31.

Made by Bezaleel for the tabernacle   Ex 36:35.

Suspended from four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold   Ex 26:32.

Hung between the holy and most holy place   Ex 26:33; Heb 9:3.

Designed to conceal the ark, mercy seat, and the symbol of the divine presence   Ex 40:3.

The high priest

Alone allowed to enter within.  Heb 9:6,7.

Allowed to enter but once a year.  Le 16:2; Heb 9:7.

Could not enter without blood.  Le 16:3; Heb 9:7.

 

Made by Solomon for the temple   2Ch 3:14.

Was rent at the death of our Lord   Mt 27:51; Mr 15:38; Lu 23:45.

Illustrative

Of the obscurity of the Mosaic age.  Heb 9:8.

Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity.  Heb 10:20; Isa 53:2.

(Rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints.  Heb 10:19,20; 9:24.

 

Tracts of land between mountains   1Sa 17:3.

Called

Vales.  De 1:7; Jos 10:40.

Dales.  Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18.

Fat valleys, when fruitful.  Isa 28:1,4.

Rough valleys, when uncultivated and barren.  De 21:4.

 

Watered by mountain streams   Ps 104:8,10.

Canaan abounded in   De 11:11.

Abounded with

Fountains and springs.  De 8:7; Isa 41:18.

Rocks and caves.  Job 30:6; Isa 57:5.

Trees.  1Ki 10:27.

Lily of the valley.  Song 2:1.

Ravens.  Pr 30:17.

Doves.  Eze 7:16.

 

Of Israel well tilled and fruitful   1Sa 6:13; Ps 65:13.

Often the scenes of idolatrous rites   Isa 57:5.

The heathen supposed that certain deities presided over   1Ki 20:23,28.

The Canaanites held possession of, against Judah   Jdj 1:19.

Often the scenes of great contests   Jdj 5:15; 7:8,22; 1Sa 17:19.

Mentioned in scripture

Achor.  Jos 7:24; Isa 65:10; Ho 2:5.

Ajalon.  Jos 10:12.

Baca.  Ps 84:6.

Berachah.  2Ch 20:26.

Bochim.  Jdj 2:5.

Charashim.  1Ch 4:14.

Elah.  1Sa 17:2; 21:9.

Eshcol.  Nu 32:9; De 1:24.

Gad.  2Sa 24:5.

Gerar.  Ge 26:17.

Gibeon.  Isa 28:21.

Hebron.  Ge 37:14.

Hinnom or Tophet.  Jos 18:16; 2Ki 23:10; 2Ch 28:3; Jer 7:32.

Jehoshaphat or decision.  Joe 3:2,14.

Jericho.  De 34:3.

Jezreel.  Ho 1:5.

Jephthah-el.  Jos 19:14,27.

Keziz.  Jos 18:21.

Lebanon.  Jos 11:17.

Megiddo.  2Ch 35:22; Zec 12:11.

Moab where Moses was buried.  De 34:6.

Passengers or Hamongog.  Eze 39:11.

Rephaim or giants.  Jos 15:8; 18:16; 2Sa 5:18; Isa 17:5.

Salt.  2Sa 8:13; 2Ki 14:17.

Shaveh or king's dale.  Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18.

Shittim.  Joe 3:18.

Siddim.  Ge 14:3,8.

Sorek.  Jdj 16:4.

Succoth.  Ps 60:6.

Zared.  Nu 21:12.

Zeboim.  1Sa 13:18.

Zephathah.  2Ch 14:10.

 

To be filled with hostile chariots, threatened as a punishment   Isa 22:7.

Miracles connected with

The moon made to stand still over Ajalon.  Jos 10:12.

Ditches in, filled with water.  2Ki 3:16,17.

Water in, made to appear to the Moabites like blood.  2Ki 3:22,23.

 

Illustrative
Of the church of Christ.  Song 6:11.

(Fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of Israel.  Nu 24:6.

(Dark,) of affliction and death.  Ps 23:4.

(Filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel.  Isa 40:4; Lu 3:5.

 

A consequence of the fall   Ro 8:20.

Every man is   Ps 39:11.

Every state of man is   Ps 62:9.

Man at his best estate is   Ps 39:5.

Man is like to   Ps 144:4.

The thoughts of man are   Ps 94:11.

The days of man are   Job 7:16; Ec 6:12.

Childhood and youth are   Ec 11:10.

The beauty of man is   Ps 39:11; Pr 31:30.

The help of man in   Ps 60:11; La 4:17.

Man's own righteousness is   Isa 57:12.

Worldly wisdom is   Ec 2:15,21; 1Co 3:20.

Worldly pleasure is   Ec 2:1.

Worldly anxiety   Ps 39:6; 127:2.

Worldly labour is   Ec 2:11; 4:4.

Worldly enjoyment is   Ec 2:3,10,11.

Worldly possessions are   Ec 2:4-11.

Treasures of wickedness are   Pr 10:2.

Heaping up riches is   Ec 2:26; 4:8.

Love of riches is   Ec 5:10.

Unblessed riches are   Ec 6:2.

Riches gotten by falsehood are   Pr 21:6.

All earthly things are   Ec 1:2.

Foolish questions, &c are   1Ti 1:6,7; 6:20; 2Ti 2:14,16; Tit 3:9.

The conduct of the ungodly is   1Pe 1:18.

The religion of hypocrites is   Jas 1:26.

The worship of the wicked is   Isa 1:13; Mt 6:7.

Lying words are   Jer 7:8.

False teaching is but   Jer 23:32.

Mere external religion is   1Ti 4:8; Heb 13:9.

Alms giving without charity is   1Co 13:3.

Faith without works is   Jas 2:14.

Idolatry is   2Ki 17:15; Ps 31:6; Isa 44:9,10; Jer 10:8; 18:15.

Wealth gotten by, diminishes   Pr 13:11.

Saints

Hate the thoughts of.  Ps 119:113.

Pray to be kept from.  Ps 119:37; Pr 30:8.

Avoid.  Ps 24:4.

Avoid those given to.  Ps 26:4.

 

The wicked
Especially characterised by.  Job 11:11.

Though full of, affect to be wise.  Job 11:12.

Love.  Ps 4:2.

Imagine.  Ps 2:1; Ac 4:25; Ro 1:21.

Devise.  Ps 36:4.

Speak.  Ps 10:7; 12:2; 41:6.

Count God's service as.  Job 21:15; Mal 3:14.

Allure others by words of.  2Pe 2:18.

Walk after.  Jer 2:5.

Walk in.  Ps 39:6; Eph 4:17.

Inherit.  Jer 16:19.

Reap.  Pr 22:8; Jer 12:13.

Judicially given up to.  Ps 78:33; Isa 57:13.

 

Fools follow those given to   Pr 12:11.

Following those given to, leads to poverty   Pr 28:19.

They who trust in, rewarded with   Job 15:31.

 

Often found wild   2Ki 4:39; Ho 9:10.

Cultivated

In vineyards from the time of Noah.  Ge 9:20.

On the sides of hills.  Jer 31:5.

In the valleys.  Song 6:11.

By the walls of houses.  Ps 128:3.

 

Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness   Le 25:3; 2Ch 26:10; Isa 18:5.

Canaan abounded in   De 6:11; 8:8.

Places celebrated for

Eshcol.  Nu 13:23,24.

Sibmah.  Isa 16:8,9.

Lebanon.  Ho 14:7.

Egypt.  Ps 78:47; 80:8.

 

The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed   Eze 17:6.

Of Sodom bad and unfit for use   De 32:32.

Often degenerated   Isa 5:2; Jer 2:21.

Frequently injured by hail and frost   Ps 78:47; 105:32,33.

Foxes destructive to   Song 2:15.

The wild boar destructive to   Ps 80:13.

The fruit of

Called grapes.  Ge 40:10.

Peculiarly sour when unripe.  Jer 31:30.

Eaten fresh from the tree.  De 23:24.

Eaten dried.  1Sa 25:18; 30:12.

Sold in the markets.  Ne 13:15.

Made into wine.  De 32:14; Mt 26:29.

 

The wood of, fit only for burning   Eze 15:2-5.

Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots   Ge 49:11.

Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year   Nu 13:20.

Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers   Song 2:13; Ho 14:7.

God made, fruitful for his people when obedient   Joe 2:22; Zec 8:12.

Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment   Jer 8:13; Ho 2:12; Joe 1:7,12; Hag 2:19.

Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection   Job 15:33; Mal 3:11.

Nazarites prohibited eating any part of   Nu 6:3,4.

Illustrative

Of Christ.  Joh 15:1,2.

Of Israel.  Ps 80:8; Isa 5:2,7.

(Its fruitful branches,) of saints.  Joh 15:5.

(Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors.  Joh 15:2,6.

(Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace.  Ho 14:7.

(Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church.  Song 7:8.

(Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions.  Joh 15:2.

(Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked.  Eze 15:6,7.

(Unfruitful,) of the wicked.  Ho 10:1.

(Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity.  1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10.

 

Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of   Jer 31:29,30; Eze 18:2.

 

Origin and antiquity of   Ge 9:20.

The design of planting   Ps 107:37; 1Co 9:7.

Frequently walled or fenced with hedges   Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31; Isa 5:2,5.

Cottages built in, for the keepers   Isa 1:8.

Provided with the apparatus for making wine   Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33.

The stones carefully gathered out of   Isa 5:2.

Laws respecting

Not to be planted with different kinds of seed.  De 22:9.

Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year.  Ex 23:11; Le 25:4.

The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year.  Le 25:5,11.

Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to.  Ex 22:5.

Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any away.  De 23:24.

The gleaning of, to be left for the poor.  Le 19:10; De 24:21.

The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years.  Le 19:23.

The fruit of new, to be holy to the Lord in the fourth year.  Le 19:24.

The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year.  Le 19:25.

Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit.  De 20:6.

 

Frequently let out to husbandmen   Song 8:11; Mt 21:33.

Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit   Mt 21:34.

Were often mortgaged   Ne 5:3,4.

Estimated rent of   Song 8:11; Isa 7:23.

Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators   Song 8:12.

The poor engaged in the culture of   2Ki 25:12; Isa 61:5.

Members of the family often wrought in   Song 1:6; Mt 21:28-30.

Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in   Mt 20:1,2.

Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state   1Ch 27:27.

The vintage or ingathering of

Was a time of great rejoicing.  Isa 16:10.

Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed.  Le 26:5.

Failure in, occasioned great grief.  Isa 16:9,10.

 

Of red grapes particularly esteemed   Isa 27:2.

The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies   Jer 48:32.

The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c   De 28:39; Am 4:9.

In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine   Isa 5:10; Hag 1:9,11.

The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of   Am 5:11; Zep 1:13.

The Rechabites forbidden to plant   Jer 35:7-9.

Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste   Pr 24:30,31.

Illustrative

Of the Jewish Church.  Isa 5:7; 27:2; Jer 12:10; Mt 21:23.

(Failure of,) of severe calamities.  Isa 32:10.

(Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect.  Isa 24:13.

 

God often made known his will by   Ps 89:19.

God especially made himself known to prophets by   Nu 12:6.

Often accompanied

A representative of the divine person and glory.  Isa 6:1.

An audible voice from heaven.  Ge 15:1; 1Sa 3:4,5.

An appearance of angels.  Lu 1:22,11; 24:23; Ac 10:3.

An appearance of human beings.  Ac 9:12; 16:9.

 

Frequently difficult and perplexing to those who received them   Da 7:15; 8:15; Ac 10:17.

Often communicated

In the night season.  Ge 46:2; Da 2:19.

In a trance.  Nu 24:16; Ac 11:5.

 

Often recorded for the benefit of the people   Hab 2:2.

Often multiplied for the benefit of the people   Ho 12:10.

Mentioned in scripture

To Abraham.  Ge 15:1.

To Jacob.  Ge 46:2.

To Moses.  Ex 3:2,3; Ac 7:30-32.

To Samuel.  1Sa 3:2-15.

To Nathan.  2Sa 7:4,17.

To Eliphaz.  Job 4:13-16.

To Isaiah.  Isa 6:1-8.

To Ezekiel (See chapters 10, 40-48 of Ezekiel).  Eze 1:4-14; 8:2-14; 11:24,25; 37:1-10.

To Nebuchadnezzar.  Da 2:28; Da 4:5.

To Daniel (See chapters 7, 8, and 10 of Daniel).  Da 2:19.

To Amos.  Am 7:1-9; 8:1-6; 9:1.

To Zechariah.  Zec 1:8; 3:1; 4:2; 5:2; 6:1.

To Paul.  Ac 9:3,6; 16:9; 18:9; 22:18; 27:23; 2Ch 12:1-4.

To Ananias.  Ac 9:10,11.

To Cornelius.  Ac 10:3.

To Peter.  Ac 10:9-17.

To John (See also Rev chapters 4 - 22).  Re 1:12.

 

Sometimes withheld for a long season   1Sa 3:1.

The withholding of a great calamity   Pr 29:18; La 2:9.

False prophets pretended to have seen   Jer 14:14; 23:16.

The prophets of God skilled in interpreting   2Ch 26:5; Da 1:17.

 

Solemn promises made to God   Ps 76:11.

Were made in reference to

Devoting the person to God.  Nu 6:2.

Dedicating children to God.  1Sa 1:11.

Devoting property to God.  Ge 28:22.

Offering sacrifices.  Le 7:16; 22:18:22; Nu 15:3.

Afflicting the soul.  Nu 30:13.

 

To be voluntary   De 23:21,22.

To be performed faithfully   Nu 30:2.

To be performed without delay   De 23:21,23.

Danger of inconsiderately making   Pr 20:25.

Of children void without the consent of parents   Nu 30:3-5.

Of married women void without consent of husbands   Nu 30:6-8,10-13.

Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding   Nu 30:9.

Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making   Nu 30:14,15.

Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation   Le 27:1-8,11-23.

Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed   Le 27:9,10.

Recorded in scripture

Of Jacob.  Ge 28:20-22; 31:13.

Of Israelites.  Nu 21:2.

Of Jephthah.  Jdj 11:30,31.

Of Hannah.  1Sa 1:1.

Of Elkanah.  1Sa 1:24.

Of David.  Ps 132:2-5.

Of mariners who cast out Jonah.  Jon 1:16.

Of Jonah.  Jon 2:9.

Of Lemuel's mother.  Pr 31:1,2.

Of Paul.  Ac 18:18.

Of certain Jews with Paul.  Ac 21:23,24,26.

 

All things dedicated by, to be brought to the tabernacle   De 12:6,11,17,18,26.

Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God   Le 22:23; Mal 1:14.