Torrey’s New Topical Textbook

A characteristic of saints  Eph 1:1; Col 1:2; 1Ti 6:2; Re 17:14.

Exhibited in

The service of God.  Mt 24:45.

Declaring the word of God.  Jer 23:28; 2Co 2:17; 4:2.

The care of dedicated things.  2Ch 31:12.

Helping the brethren.  3Jo 1:5.

Bearing witness.  Pr 14:5.

Reproving others.  Pr 27:6; Ps 141:5.

Situations of trust.  2Ki 12:15; Ne 13:13; Ac 6:1-3.

Doing work.  2Ch 34:12.

Keeping secrets.  Pr 11:13.

Conveying messages.  Pr 13:17; 25:13.

All things.  1Ti 3:11.

The smallest matters.  Lu 16:10-12.

Should be to death  Re 2:10.

Especially required in

Ministers.  1Co 4:2; 2Ti 2:2.

The wives of ministers.  1Ti 3:11.

The children of ministers.  Tit 1:6.

Difficulty of finding  Pr 20:6.

The wicked devoid of  Ps 5:9.

Associate with those who exhibit  Ps 101:6.

Blessedness of  1Sa 26:23; Pr 28:20.

Blessedness of, illustrated  Mt 24:45,46; 25:21,23.

Exemplified

Joseph.  Ge 39:22,23.

Moses.  Nu 12:7; Heb 3:2,5.

David.  1Sa 22:14.

Hananiah.  Ne 7:2.

Abraham.  Ne 9:8; Ga 3:9.

Daniel.  Da 6:4.

Paul.  Ac 20:20,27.

Timothy.  1Co 4:17.

Tychicus.  Eph 6:21.

Epaphras.  Col 1:7.

Onesimus.  Col 4:9.

Silvanus.  1Pe 5:12.

Antipas.  Re 2:13.

Is part of his character  Isa 49:7; 1Co 1:9; 1Th 5:24.

Declared to be

Great.  La 3:23.

Established.  Ps 89:2.

Incomparable.  Ps 89:8.

Unfailing.  Ps 89:33; 2Ti 2:13.

Infinite.  Ps 36:5.

Everlasting.  Ps 119:90; 146:6.

Should be pleaded in prayer  Ps 143:1.

Should be proclaimed  Ps 40:10; 89:1.

Manifested

In his counsels.  Isa 25:1.

In afflicting his saints.  Ps 119:75.

In fulfilling his promises.  1Ki 8:20; Ps 132:11; Mic 7:20; Heb 10:23.

In keeping his covenant.  De 7:9; Ps 111:5.

In executing his judgments.  Jer 23:20; 51:29.

In forgiving sins.  1Jo 1:9.

To his saints.  Ps 89:24; 2Th 3:3.

Saints encouraged to depend on.  1Pe 4:19.

Should be magnified.  Ps 89:5; 92:2.

By the disobedience of Adam  Ge 3:6,11,12; Ro 5:12,15,19.

Through temptation of the devil  Ge 3:1-5; 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14.

Man in consequence of

Made in the image of Adam.  Ge 5:3; 1Co 15:48,49.

Born in sin.  Job 15:14; 25:4; Ps 51:5; Isa 48:8; Joh 3:6.

A child of wrath.  Eph 2:3.

Evil in heart.  Ge 6:5; 8:21; Jer 16:12; Mt 15:19.

Blinded in heart.  Eph 4:18.

Corrupt and perverse in his ways.  Ge 6:12; Ps 10:5; Ro 3:12-16.

Depraved in mind.  Ro 8:5-7; Eph 4:17; Col 1:21; Tit 1:15.

Without understanding.  Ps 14:2,3; Ro 3:11; 1:31.

Receives no the things of God.  1Co 2:14.

Comes short of God’s glory.  Ro 3:23.

Defiled in conscience.  Tit 1:15; Heb 10:22.

Intractable.  Job 11:12.

Estranged from God.  Ge 3:8; Ps 58:3; Eph 4:18; Col 1:21.

In bondage to sin.  Ro 6:19; 7:5,23; Ga 5:17; Tit 3:3.

In bondage to the devil.  2Ti 2:26; Heb 2:14,15.

Constant in evil.  Ps 10:5; 2Pe 2:14.

Conscious of guilt.  Ge 3:7,8,10.

Unrighteous.  Ec 7:20; Ro 3:10.

Abominable.  Job 15:16; Ps 14:3.

Turned to his own way.  Isa 53:6.

Loves darkness.  Joh 3:19.

Corrupt &c in speech.  Ro 3:13,14.

Devoid of the fear of God.  Ro 3:18.

Totally depraved.  Ge 6:5; Ro 7:18.

Dead in sin  Eph 2:1; Col 2:13.

All men partake of the effects of  1Ki 8:46; Ga 3:22; 1Jo 1:8; 5:19.

Punishment consequent upon

Banishment from Paradise.  Ge 3:24.

Condemnation to labour and sorrow.  Ge 3:16,19; Job 5:6,7.

Temporal death.  Ge 3:19; Ro 5:12; 1Co 15:22.

Eternal death.  Job 21:30; Ro 5:18,21; 6:23.

Cannot be remedied by man  Pr 20:9; Jer 2:22; 13:23.

Remedy for, provided by God  Ge 3:15; Joh 3:16.

Of saints blessed  Ps 128:3-6.

Should

Be taught the Scriptures.  De 4:9,10.

Worship God together.  1Co 16:19.

Be duly regulated.  Pr 31:27; 1Ti 3:4,5,12.

Live in unity.  Ge 45:24; Ps 133:1.

Live in mutual forbearance.  Ge 50:17-21; Mt 18:21,22.

Rejoice together before God.  De 14:26.

Deceivers and liars should be removed from  Ps 101:7.

Warning against departing from God  De 29:18.

Punishment of irreligious  Jer 10:25.

Good-Exemplified

Abraham.  Ge 18:19.

Jacob.  Ge 35:2.

Joshua.  Jos 24:15.

David.  2Sa 6:20.

Job.  Job 1:5.

Lazarus of Bethany.  Joh 11:1-5.

Cornelius.  Ac 10:2,33.

Lydia.  Ac 16:15.

Jailor of Philippi.  Ac 16:31-34.

Crispus.  Ac 18:8.

Lois.  2Ti 1:5.

Sent by God  Ps 10:16.

Often on account of sin  Le 26:21,26; La 4:4-6.

One of God’s four sore judgments  Eze 14:21.

Caused by

God’s blessing withheld.  Ho 2:8,9; Hag 1:6.

Want of seasonable rain.  1Ki 17:1; Jer 14:1-4; Am 4:7.

Rotting of the seed in the ground.  Joe 1:17.

Swarms of insects.  De 28:38,42; Joe 1:4.

Blasting and mildew.  Am 4:9; Hag 2:17.

Devastation by enemies.  De 28:33,51.

Often long continued  Ge 41:27; 2Ki 8:1,2.

Often severe  Ge 12:10; 1Ki 18:2; Jer 52:6.

Expressed by

Taking away the stay of bread, &c.  Isa 3:1.

Cleanness of Teeth.  Am 4:6.

The arrows of famine.  Eze 5:16.

Often accompanied by war  Jer 14:15; 29:18.

Often followed by pestilence  Jer 42:17; Eze 7:15; Mt 24:7.

Things eaten during

Wild herbs.  2Ki 4:39,40.

Ass’s flesh.  2Ki 6:25.

Dung.  2Ki 6:25; La 4:5.

Human flesh.  Le 26:29; 2Ki 6:28,29.

Provisions sold by weight during  Eze 4:16.

Suffering of brute creation from  Jer 14:5,6.

Caused

Burning and fever.  De 32:24.

Blackness of the skin.  La 4:8; 5:10.

Grief and mourning.  Joe 1:11-13.

Faintness.  Ge 47:13.

Wasting of the body.  La 4:8; Eze 4:17.

Death.  2Ki 7:4; Jer 11:22.

God provided for his people during  1Ki 17:4,9; Job 5:20; Ps 33:19; 37:19.

Instances of, in scripture

In the days of Abraham.  Ge 12:10.

In the days of Isaac.  Ge 26:1.

In the days of Joseph.  Ge 41:53-56.

In the day of the Judges.  Ru 1:1.

In the reign of David.  2Sa 21:1.

In the reign of Ahab.  1Ki 17:1; 18:5.

In the time of Elisha.  2Ki 4:38.

During the siege of Samaria.  2Ki 6:25.

Of seven years foretold by Elisha.  2Ki 8:1.

In the time of Jeremiah.  Jer 14:1.

During the siege of Jerusalem.  2Ki 25:3.

After the captivity.  Ne 5:3.

In the reign of Claudius Caesar.  Ac 11:28.

Before destruction of Jerusalem.  Mt 24:7.

The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by  Eze 36:29,30.

Illustrative of

A dearth of the means of grace.  Am 8:11,12.

Destruction of idols.  Zep 2:11.