Torrey’s New Topical Textbook

Commanded  Ro 12:13; 1Pe 4:9.

Required in ministers  1Ti 3:2; Tit 1:8.

A test of Christian character  1Ti 5:10.

Specially to be shown to

Strangers.  Heb 13:2.

The poor.  Isa 58:7; Lu 14:13.

Enemies.  2Ki 6:22,23; Ro 12:20.

Encouragement to  Lu 14:14; Heb 13:2.

Exemplified

Melchizedek.  Ge 14:18.

Abraham.  Ge 18:3-8.

Lot.  Ge 19:2,3.

Laban.  Ge 24:31.

Jethro.  Ex 2:20.

Manoah.  Jdj 13:15.

Samuel.  1Sa 9:22.

David.  2Sa 6:19.

Barzillai.  2Sa 19:32.

Shunammite.  2Ki 4:8.

Nehemiah.  Ne 5:17.

Job.  Job 31:17,32.

Zacchaeus.  Lu 19:6.

Samaritans.  Joh 4:40.

Lydia.  Ac 16:15.

Jason.  Ac 17:7.

Mnason.  Ac 21:16.

People of Melita.  Ac 28:2.

Publius.  Ac 28:7.

Gaius.  3Jo 1:5,6.

Antiquity of  Ge 12:1; 19:3.

Deep and solid foundations required for  Mt 7:24; Lu 6:48.

Sometimes built without foundation  Mt 7:26; Lu 6:49.

Built of

Clay.  Job 4:19.

Bricks.  Ex 1:11-14; Isa 9:10.

Stone and wood.  Le 14:40,42; Hab 2:11.

Hewn or cut stone.  Isa 3:10; Am 5:11.

In cities, built in streets  Ge 19:2; Jos 2:19.

Often built on city walls  Jos 2:15; 2Co 11:33.

The flat roofs of

Surrounded with battlements.  De 22:8.

Had often booths on them.  2Sa 16:22; Ne 8:16; Pr 2:19.

Had often idolatrous altars on them.  2Ki 23:12; Jer 19:13; Zep 1:5.

Used for drying flax.  Jos 2:6.

Used for exercise.  2Sa 11:2; Da 4:29.

Used for devotion.  Ac 10:9.

Used for making proclamations.  Lu 12:3.

Used for secret conference.  1Sa 9:25,26.

Resorted to in grief.  Isa 15:3; Jer 48:38.

Often covered with week grass.  Ps 129:6,7.

Accessible from the outside  Mt 24:17.

The courts of, large and used as apartments  Es 1:5; Lu 5:19.

Entered by a gate or door  Ge 43:19; Ex 12:22; Lu 16:20; Ac 10:17.

Doors of, low and small for safety  Pr 17:19.

Doors of, how fastened  2Sa 13:18; Song 5:5; Lu 11:7.

Admission to, gained by knocking at the door  Ac 12:13; Re 3:20.

Walls of, plastered  Le 14:42,43.

Serpents often lodged in walls of  Am 5:19.

Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to  Ec 12:11; Isa 22:23.

Had often several stories  Eze 41:16; Ac 20:9.

Divided into apartments  Ge 43:30; Isa 26:20.

Apartments of, were often

Large and airy.  Jer 22:14.

Ceiled and painted.  Jer 22:14; Hag 1:4.

Inlaid with ivory.  1Ki 22:39; Am 3:15.

Hung with rich tapestries.  Es 1:6.

Warmed with fires.  Jer 36:22; Joh 18:18.

Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments  Mr 14:15.

Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers  Jdj 3:20-23; 2Ki 4:10,11; 9:2,3.

Lighted by windows  1Ki 7:4.

Street windows of, high and dangerous  2Ki 1:2; 9:30,33; Ac 20:9.

Of the rich

Great.  Isa 5:9; Am 6:11; 2Ti 2:20.

Goodly.  De 8:12.

Pleasant.  Eze 26:12; Mic 2:9.

Of brick or clay

Plastered.  Eze 13:10,11.

Easily broken through.  Job 24:16; Eze 12:5.

Often swept away by torrents.  Eze 13:13,14.

When finished were usually dedicated  De 20:5; Ps 30:1.

For summer residence  Am 3:15.

Liable to leprosy  Le 14:34-53.

Not to be coveted  Ex 20:17; Mic 2:2.

Were hired  Ac 28:30.

Were mortgaged  Ne 5:3.

Were sold  Ac 4:34.

Law respecting the sale of  Le 25:29-33.

Of criminals, desolated  Da 2:5; 3:29.

Desolation of, threatened as a punishment  Isa 5:9; 13:16,21,22; Eze 16:41; 26:12.

Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges  Isa 22:10.

Illustrative

Of the body.  Job 4:19; 2Co 5:1.

Of the grave.  Job 30:23.

Of the church.  Heb 3:6; 1Pe 2:5.

Of saints’ inheritance.  Joh 14:2; 2Co 5:1.

(On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites.  Mt 7:24,25.

(On a rock,) of the hope of saints.  Mt 7:24,25.

(Insecurity of,) of earthly trust.  Mt 6:19,20.

(Building of,) of great prosperity.  Isa 65:21; Eze 28:26.

(Built and not inhabited,) of calamity.  De 28:30; Am 5:11; Zep 1:13.

(To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings.  De 6:10,11.

Was necessary to his mediatorial office  1Ti 2:5; Heb 2:17; Ga 4:4,5; 1Co 15:21; Ro 6:15,19.

Is proved by his

Conception in the Virgin’s womb.  Mt 1:18; Lu 1:31.

Birth.  Mt 1:16,25; 2:2; Lu 2:7,11.

Partaking of flesh and blood.  Joh 1:14; Heb 2:14.

Having a human soul.  Mt 26:38; Lu 23:46; Ac 2:31.

Circumcision.  Lu 2:21.

Increase in wisdom and stature.  Lu 2:52.

Weeping.  Lu 19:41; Joh 11:35.

Hungering.  Mt 4:2; 21:18.

Thirsting.  Joh 4:7; 19:28.

Sleeping.  Mt 8:24; Mr 4:38.

Being subject to weariness.  Joh 4:6.

Being a man of sorrows.  Isa 53:3,4; Lu 22:44; Joh 11:33; 12:27.

Being buffeted.  Mt 26:67; Lu 22:64.

Enduring indignities.  Lu 23:11.

Being scourged.  Mt 27:26; Lu 22:64.

Being nailed to the cross.  Ps 22:16; Lu 23:33.

Death.  Joh 19:30.

Side being pierced.  Joh 19:34.

Burial.  Mt 27:59,60; Mr 15:46.

Resurrection.  Ac 3:15; 2Ti 2:8.

Was like our own in all things except sin  Ac 3:22; Php 2:7,8; Heb 2:17.

Was without sin  Heb 7:26,28; 1Jo 3:5; 1Pe 2:22; Heb 4:15; Joh 18:38; 8:46.

Was submitted to the evidence of the senses  Lu 24:39; Joh 20:27; 1Jo 1:1,2.

Was of the seed of

The woman.  Ge 3:15; Isa 7:4; Jer 31:22; Lu 1:31; Ga 4:4.

Abraham.  Ge 22:18; Ga 3:16; Heb 2:16.

David.  2Sa 7:12,16; Ps 89:35,36; Jer 23:5; Mt 22:42; Mr 10:47; Ac 2:30; 13:23; Ro 1:3.

Genealogy of  Mt 1:1-17; Lu 3:23-38.

Attested by himself  Mt 8:20; 16:13.

Confession of, a test of belonging to God  Joh 4:2.

Acknowledged by men  Mr 6:3; Joh 7:27; 19:5; Ac 2:22.

Denied by Antichrist  1Jo 4:3; 2Jo 1:7.