From Nave’s Topical Bible
Condescension of God
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 37Passages listed
- 15Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- In reasoning with his creatures
- Sets forth his reasons for sending the floodGenesis 6:11–13
- Enters into covenant with AbrahamGenesis 15:1–21Genesis 18:1–22
- Indulges Abraham's intercession for SodomGenesis 18:23–33
- Warns Abimelech in a dreamGenesis 20:3–7
- Reasons with MosesExodus 4:2–17
- Sends flesh to the Israelites in consequence of their murmuringExodus 16:12
- Indulges Moses' prayer to behold his gloryExodus 33:18–23
- Indulges Gideon's testsJudges 6:36–40
- Reasons with JOBJob 38Job 39Job 40Job 41
- Invites sinners, saying, "Come now, and let us reason together,"Isaiah 1:18–20
- Expostulates with backsliding IsraelIsaiah 41:21–24Isaiah 43:1–19Isaiah 65:1–16Jeremiah 3:1–15Jeremiah 4:1–31Jeremiah 7:1–34Ezekiel 18:25–32Ezekiel 33:10–20Hosea 2Micah 6:1–9Malachi 3:7–15
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The passages, in Bible order (37)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 6:11–13
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
- Genesis 15:1–21
After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Commentary on Genesis 15:1–211 voice
Because Abraham did not seek recompense from man, he received it from God, as we read in Scripture: "After these words the Lord spoke to Abraham in a vision saying, Fear not, Abraham, I will protect you. Your reward will be exceedingly great." The Lord is not slow to reward. He is eager to promise, and he gives in abundance, lest any delay cause weak souls to repent of having despised visible things.
Ambrose of Milan· On AbrahamPatristic
- Genesis 18:1–22
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
- Genesis 18:23–33
Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Commentary on Genesis 18:23–331 voice
Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? - A form of speech similar to that in Gen 18:17, an invariable principle of justice, that the righteous shall not be punished for the crimes of the impious. And this Abraham lays down as the foundation of his supplications. Who can pray with any hope of success who cannot assign a reason to God and his conscience for the petitions he offers? The great sacrifice offered by Christ is an infinite reason why a penitent sinner should expect to find the mercy for which he pleads.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 20:3–7
One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
Commentary on Genesis 20:3–71 voice
But God came to Abimelech - Thus we find that persons who were not of the family of Abraham had the knowledge of the true God. Indeed, all the Gerarites are termed גוי צדיק goi tsaddik, a righteous nation, Gen 20:4.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Exodus 4:2–17
And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
Commentary on Exodus 4:2–171 voice
A rod - מתה matteh, a staff, probably his shepherd’s crook; see Lev 27:32. As it was made the instrument of working many miracles, it was afterwards called the rod of God; see Exo 4:20.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Exodus 16:12
“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
- Judges 6:36–40
Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
Commentary on Judges 6:36–401 voice
Some one perhaps will enquire whether he does not seem to have been wanting in faith, seeing that after being instructed by many signs he asked still more. But how can he seem to have asked as if doubting or wanting in faith, who was speaking in mysteries? He was not then doubtful, but careful that we should not doubt. For how could he be doubtful whose prayer was effectual?
Ambrose of Milan· On the Holy Spirit, Book 1Patristic
- Job 38:1
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Commentary on Job 38:11 voice
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,.... As soon as Elihu had done speaking, who saw the tempest rising, and gave hints of it, Job 37:2; and hastened to finish his discourse. This was raised to give notice of the Lord being about to appear, and to display his majesty, and to command reverence and attention. The Targum calls it the whirlwind of distress, as it might be to Job; and a representation of the distressed and disturbed state and condition in which he was.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 39:1
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
Commentary on Job 39:12 voices
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth in the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they calve? 36. The southern part of the world calls birds, which inhabit the streams of the Nile, 'ibices.' But the eastern and western quarters term small quadrupeds, 'ibices,' whose custom also it is to bring forth in the rocks, because they know not how to dwell except in the rocks. And if they ever fall down, even from the lofty tops of the mountains, they catch themselves without hurt on their own horns.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXPatristic
Knowest thou, the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? - That is, the particular season when the mountain goats bring forth their young. Of domestic animals - the sheep, the tame goat, etc., the habits would be fuIly understood. But the question here relates to the animals that roamed at large on inaccessible cliffs; that were buried in deep forests; that were far from the dwellings and observation of people; and the meaning is, that there were many facts in regard to such points of Natural History which Job could not explain.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Job 40:1
And the LORD said to Job:
Commentary on Job 40:11 voice
Moreover, the Lord answered Job - The word “answered” is used here as it is often in the Scriptures, not to denote a reply to what had been immediately said, but to take up or continue an argument. What God said here was designed as a reply to the spirit which Job had so frequently manifested.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Job 41:1
“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Commentary on Job 41:11 voice
This the Lord openly indicates to blessed Job, saying: "Will you catch Leviathan with a hook?" By Leviathan, which means "their addition," that whale who devours the human race is designated. For while he promised to add divinity to man, he took away immortality. And the guilt of transgression, which he gave the first man to drink, he multiplies to those who follow him through the worst persuasion, heaping punishments upon them without end. On a hook, however, the bait is shown while the barb is hidden.
Gregory the Dialogist· Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 25Patristic
- Psalms 8:4–6
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- Psalms 113:5
Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
Commentary on Psalms 113:51 voice
Another psalm that was read says, "Who is as the Lord our God who dwells on high and looks down on the low things in heaven and in earth?" God, no doubt, casts his eyes on the lowly, he who laid bare the relics of the holy martyrs of his church, lying hid under the lowly turf, their souls in heaven, their bodies in the earth: "Raising up the needy person out of the dust, lifting up the poor person out of the dunghill," placing him, as you see, with the princes of his people.
Ambrose of Milan· LETTER 61Patristic
- Psalms 113:6
He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.
Commentary on Psalms 113:61 voice
Another psalm that was read says, "Who is as the Lord our God who dwells on high and looks down on the low things in heaven and in earth?" God, no doubt, casts his eyes on the lowly, he who laid bare the relics of the holy martyrs of his church, lying hid under the lowly turf, their souls in heaven, their bodies in the earth: "Raising up the needy person out of the dust, lifting up the poor person out of the dunghill," placing him, as you see, with the princes of his people.
Ambrose of Milan· LETTER 61Patristic
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