From Nave’s Topical Bible
Happiness
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.
- 70Passages listed
- 19Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- OF THE WICKED
- Is limited to this lifePsalms 17:14Luke 16:25
- Is shortJob 20:5
- Is uncertainLuke 12:20
- Is vainEcclesiastes 2:1Ecclesiastes 7:6
- Is derived from
- Their wealthJob 21:13Psalms 52:7
- Their powerJob 21:7Psalms 37:35
- Their worldly prosperityPsalms 17:14Psalms 37:3Psalms 37:4Psalms 37:7
- GluttonyIsaiah 22:13Habakkuk 1:16
- DrunkennessIsaiah 5:11Isaiah 56:12
- Vain pleasureJob 21:12Isaiah 5:12
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- Successful oppressionHabakkuk 1:15
- Marred by jealousyEsther 5:13
- Often interrupted by judgmentsNumbers 11:33Job 15:21Psalms 73:18–20Jeremiah 25:10Jeremiah 25:11
- Leads to sorrowProverbs 14:13
- Leads to recklessnessIsaiah 22:12
- Sometimes a stumbling-block to saintsPsalms 73:3Psalms 73:16Jeremiah 12:1Habakkuk 1:13
- Saints often permitted to see the end ofPsalms 73:17–20
- Envy notPsalms 37:1
- Woe againstAmos 6:1Luke 6:25
- IllustratedPsalms 37:35Psalms 37:36Luke 12:16–20Luke 16:19Luke 16:25
- Exemplified
- IsraelNumbers 11:33
- HamanEsther 5:9–11
- BelshazzarDaniel 5:1
- HerodActs 12:21–23
- OF THE RIGHTEOUSDeuteronomy 33:29Job 5:17–27Psalms 36:8Psalms 40:8Psalms 63:5Psalms 128:1Psalms 128:2Psalms 133:1Psalms 144:15Psalms 146:5Proverbs 3:13–18Proverbs 14:21Proverbs 16:20Proverbs 28:14Proverbs 29:18Ecclesiastes 2:24–26Ecclesiastes 3:12Ecclesiastes 3:13Ecclesiastes 3:22Isaiah 12:2
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- See Praise
The passages, in Bible order (70)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Numbers 11:33
But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
Commentary on Numbers 11:332 voices
And that He might increase in them this fear, immediately, by the mouth of offence, the rod of His chastisement was revealed, and after the offence the Chastiser gave them no respite, because their servitude was not worthy of His longsuffering. Above their head the …
Philoxenus of Mabbug· 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 7 -- Second Discourse on the Fear of God, 523Patristic
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth,.... When they had just got it into their mouths, and were about to bite it: ere it was chewed; or "cut off"; or cut into pieces by the "incisores", or fore teeth, and then ground by the "molares", or grinders, and so became fit to be swallowed.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 33:29
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:292 voices
Happy art thou, O Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Be found liars unto thee - Perhaps rather, cringe before thee. The verb means to show a feigned or forced obedience: see the marginal references. Tread upon their high places - i. e., occupy the commanding positions in their land, and so have it in subjection.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Esther 5:9–11
That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
Commentary on Esther 5:9–112 voices
Then went Haman forth that day, joyful, and with a glad heart,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
He stood not up, nor moved for him - This was undoubtedly a serious breach of Persian etiquette, and may well have angered Haman.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Esther 5:13
Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
Commentary on Esther 5:132 voices
Yet all this availeth me nothing,.... Is not equal or sufficient for me; it gives me no satisfaction and contentment: so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate: not rising up to bow unto him; this single circumstance spoiled all his joy and pleasure.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Yet all this availeth me nothing - Pride will ever render its possessor unhappy. He has such a high opinion of his own worth, that he conceives himself defrauded by every one who does not pay him all the respect and homage which he conceives to be his due. The soul was made for God, and nothing but God can fill it and make it happy. Angels could not be happy in glory, when they had cast off their allegiance to their Maker.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Job 5:17–27
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Commentary on Job 5:17–272 voices
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth. Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Lord. The highest virtue is to avoid sins, that they should never be done, and second to that, at least to amend them when they have been committed. But for the most part we not only never at all avoid sins that threaten, but we do not even open our eyes to them, when committed. And the mind of sinners is enveloped in the deeper darkness, in proportion as it does not see the deficiency of its own blindness.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book VI, 604Patristic
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 15:21
Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
Commentary on Job 15:211 voice
Ver. 21. A dreadful sound is alway in his ears, and when there is peace, he suspecteth plots. But there is nothing more happy than simplicity of heart, in that in proportion as it shews forth innocency towards others, there is nothing it dreads to meet with from others. For it has its simplicity as a kind of citadel of strength, nor is it suspicious of undergoing what it has no remembrance of having itself done. Whence it is well said by Solomon, In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XII, 604Patristic
- Job 20:5
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Commentary on Job 20:52 voices
Ver. 4, 5. I know this of old, since man was placed upon earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV, 604Patristic
That the triumphing of the wicked is short,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 21:7
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Commentary on Job 21:72 voices
Ver. 7. Wherefore do the wicked live, are lifted up, and strengthened by riches? 45. For except the patience of God bore with them, they would never live long in their sins. For they are 'lifted up by riches,' when they first begin to be powerful, but they are 'strengthened,' when they are permitted to continue long in this life. Since those whose substance uplifts them, length of days strengthens in the pride of their power. Or surely they are said to be lifted up and strengthened, in that they are 'lifted up' by honours, 'strengthened' by substance.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV, 604Patristic
Wherefore do the wicked live,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 21:12
singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
Commentary on Job 21:122 voices
Ver. 12. They take the timbrel, and harp, and rejoice at the noise of the organ. As if he said in plain speech; 'Whilst the masters swell with honours and substance, the dependants rejoice in festive sports.' But, O blessed man, wherefore dost thou tell us all these many things of the delights of the wicked? It is now a long time that thou runnest on in the description of them; after much said, in one word point out what thou thinkest.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV, 604Patristic
They take the timbrel and harp,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
Commentary on Job 21:131 voice
Ver. 13. They spend their days in wealth, and in a point of time go down to the lower parts. 49. Yes, O blessed man, thou hadst for long dilated on their joys, how dost thou now declare that 'in a point of time they go down to the lower parts,' saving that all length of time of the present life is then known to be but a 'point,' when it is cut short by the end?
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV, 604Patristic
- Psalms 17:14
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Commentary on Psalms 17:141 voice
Here the psalmist is not criticizing the children's food, as some would think (for those things that enter the mouth do not make a person unclean), but he regards those to whom God has given many offspring unwise when they leave behind them not excellence …
Hesychius of Jerusalem· LARGE COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 17:14, 450Patristic
- Psalms 36:8
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Commentary on Psalms 36:81 voice
They will be intoxicated with the abundance of your house, and you will give them to drink from the torrent of your pleasure. They are not placed in pastures, but in banquets: for some are in the place of pastures, others in the privilege of sacraments.
Ambrose of Milan· Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms, 397Patristic
- Psalms 37:1
Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Commentary on Psalms 37:11 voice
Not infrequently good people, seeing others arrive at riches and honors by fraud and trickery, become green with jealousy and want to imitate them. They, too, are tempted to attain riches and fame by similar tricks and malpractices.… Do not be an imitator of wrongdoing and fraud. Rather, be an imitator of apostolic doctrine, of prophetic grace and of the virtue of the saints. Then you will bear fruit and reap the harvest of your good deeds.
Ambrose of Milan· COMMENTARY ON TWELVE PSALMS 37:11, 397Patristic
- Psalms 37:3
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
Commentary on Psalms 37:31 voice
(Verse 3.) Therefore the Prophet rightly says: Hope in the Lord, and do good; and you shall inhabit the land, and shall be fed with its riches. What is the land that he advises to inhabit, if not your soul, which you should cultivate well, frequently plowing it with spiritual plows, so that it does not become overgrown with weeds? For a good farmer works his field with daily activity and diligent care, and protects his own fields; lest a wild boar from the forest devastate them, and a cunning thief snatch away the ripe fruits.
Ambrose of Milan· Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms, 397Patristic
- Psalms 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Commentary on Psalms 37:41 voice
(Verse 4.) Therefore, he says: Delight in the Lord, and he will grant you the desires of your heart. Why did he not say 'your desires' but 'the desires of your heart'? For the desires of the external and internal man are not the same and not all of them are approved by Christ; because the law of the flesh often opposes to the rules of the spirit. But those desires that belong to the interior man, who is renewed by the Spirit, the Lord grants them to the petitioner with effect.
Ambrose of Milan· Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms, 397Patristic
- Psalms 37:7
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
Commentary on Psalms 37:71 voice
(Verse 7.) Be subject to the Lord and beseech Him. Not only should you be subject to God, but also beseech the Lord, so that you can fulfill your desire for submission, as it also says above: Reveal your way to the Lord and hope in Him. It is not only fitting to reveal your way; but also to hope in the Lord. However, submission should not be abject, lowly, but glorious and exalted; for he is subject to God who does the will of the Lord.
Ambrose of Milan· Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms, 397Patristic
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