From Nave’s Topical Bible
Hunting
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.
- 17Passages listed
- 10Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Authorized in the Mosaic lawLeviticus 17:13
- By NimrodGenesis 10:9
- By EsauGenesis 27:3Genesis 27:5Genesis 27:30Genesis 27:33
- By IshmaelGenesis 21:20
- Of lionJob 10:16
- Fowling1 Samuel 26:20Psalms 140:5Psalms 141:9Psalms 141:10Proverbs 1:17Ecclesiastes 9:12Lamentations 3:52Amos 3:5
- FIGURATIVEJeremiah 16:16
The passages, in Bible order (17)
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 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
Commentary on Genesis 10:91 voice
From him came the proverb: Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord. It turned into a proverb because his deeds were unprecedented in his time; and the phrase before the Lord was added to magnify the crime, since it was evidently quite reckless and …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735Patristic
- Genesis 21:20
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
Commentary on Genesis 21:202 voices
And God was with the lad,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Became an archer - And by his skill in this art, under the continual superintendence of the Divine Providence, (for God was with the lad), he was undoubtedly enabled to procure a sufficient supply for his own wants and those of his parent.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 27:3
Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
Commentary on Genesis 27:31 voice
The fact that the prophet asks Esau for food by giving him an order signifies the call that the Word addresses to the first people when he asks them for the fruit of the works of justice, that justice which was considered to be a nourishment for the Father. In fact, the words "go out to the field, and hunt game for me" signify worldly life.
Hippolytus of Rome· ON THE BLESSINGS OF ISAAC AND JACOB 3, 235Patristic
- Genesis 27:5
Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,
Commentary on Genesis 27:52 voices
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
And Rebekah heard - And was determined, if possible, to frustrate the design of Isaac, and procure the blessing for her favorite son. Some pretend that she received a Divine inspiration to the purpose; but if she had she needed not to have recourse to deceit, to help forward the accomplishment. Isaac, on being informed, would have had too much piety not to prefer the will of his Maker to his own partiality for his eldest son; but Rebekah had nothing of the kind to plead, and therefore had recourse to the most exceptionable means to accomplish her ends.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 27:30
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
Commentary on Genesis 27:301 voice
Afterward, when the blessing had been pronounced, the elder brother arrived. By this it is revealed that the kingdom was predestined to be bestowed on the church rather than on the synagogue but had secretly entered the synagogue so that sin might abound, and, when sin had abounded, that grace might also abound. At the same time, it would be clear that the candidate for the kingdom of heaven must be quick to carry off the blessing and to appropriate the prerogative for which he has been recommended.
Ambrose of Milan· On Jacob and the Blessed Life, Book 2, Chapter 3, Section 10, 397Patristic
- Genesis 27:33
Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
Commentary on Genesis 27:331 voice
What had actually occurred from the action of Jacob was a mystery of the [divine] economy in view of the Christ prefigured [by Jacob], [of the Christ] who, blessed by the Father, has been blessed forever after his [temporal] birth.The words of Scripture, "Besides himself, Isaac was seized with great amazement," have the same meaning as "Isaac was filled with admiration" for what had happened, because he foresaw that the Gentiles, according to the will of God, had to be blessed and take part in the covenant of the promise made to the fathers through the younger son.
Hippolytus of Rome· ON THE BLESSINGS OF THE ISAAC AND JACOB 8, 235Patristic
- Leviticus 17:13
And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
Commentary on Leviticus 17:131 voice
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Samuel 26:20
So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
Commentary on 1 Samuel 26:201 voice
Now therefore let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 10:16
Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
Commentary on Job 10:161 voice
And by reason of pride, Thou wilt take me like a lioness. When a lioness hunts for food for her whelps, she rushes with ravening jaws into the pitfall.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book IX, 604Patristic
- Psalms 140:5
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
Commentary on Psalms 140:51 voice
Now these demons, if they see all Christians—and especially monks—joyfully laboring and making progress, first attack by attempting to place stumbling blocks in their way. Their "stumbling blocks" are filthy thoughts. But there is no need for us to fear the things they throw at us; through prayer and fasting and faith in the Lord the demons immediately fall. Having fallen, however, they do not stop but advance once more with deceit and cunning. Since they have been unable to deceive the heart openly through filthy pleasure, they renew their attacks on it by other means.
Athanasius of Alexandria· Life of St. Anthony 23:1-6, 373Patristic
- Psalms 141:9
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Commentary on Psalms 141:91 voice
Keep me from the snare which they have set for me. Always either heretics or demons stretch snares for us. For faults are near to virtues. They have set a snare for me in almsgiving, if I stretch out my hand so that men may see, and, as though doing a good deed, I come into a fault and into sin. But if I give a tunic to a brother so that another may see, they have set a snare for me. Always nets are stretched for stags and snares are set, where the hunter has caught their tracks.
Jerome· Homily 51, on Psalm 140, 420Patristic
- Psalms 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
Commentary on Psalms 141:101 voice
The sinners shall fall into his net. Above he said, Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, concerning many; but now concerning one, The sinners shall fall into his net. Just as the Lord casts a net, and catches a multitude of fish, and has the apostles as fishermen gathering and bringing to him, that is, those who believe through them: so also the devil has demons, who are subject to him, who both deceive men and bring them to him.
Jerome· Homily 51, on Psalm 140, 420Patristic
- Proverbs 1:17
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
Commentary on Proverbs 1:171 voice
If then nets are not wrongfully stretched for birds, as it is said in Proverbs, but God justly leads men into the snare, as it is said, "You led us into the snare," and if not even a sparrow, cheapest of birds, falls into the snare without the will of the Father (its fall into the snare being due to its failure to use properly the power of its wings given to it to soar), let us pray to do nothing to deserve being brought into temptation.
Origen of Alexandria· ON PRAYER 29:16, 253Patristic
- Ecclesiastes 9:12
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 9:121 voice
Now as these things are written in the Scriptures, the case is clear, that the saints know that a certain time is measured to every person, but that no one knows the end of that time is plainly intimated by the words of David, "Declare unto me the shortness of my days." What he did not know, that he desired to be informed of.
Athanasius of Alexandria· DEFENSE OF HIS FLIGHT 15, 373Patristic
- Jeremiah 16:16
But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
Commentary on Jeremiah 16:161 voice
"He rains on the wicked snares." Without any doubt, it is the Lord who contrives snares for sinners, in order to entrap those who abuse their freedom and to compel them to tread the right path under his bridle, thereby making it possible for them to advance through him who says, "I am the way." Wherefore, in Jeremiah, the Lord sends fishers and hunters to spread nets for the lost fish tossed about in whirlpools and to hunt down and save the beasts that wander through mountains and hills.
Jerome· HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 60 (PS 10), 420Patristic
- Lamentations 3:52
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
Commentary on Lamentations 3:521 voice
The affliction into which people fall is now evaluated. First, the people's captivity itself is reckoned: "I have been hunted like a bird." That is, as if by cunning enemies, operating with powers. Then, enemies (the Chaldeans) are: "without cause." For, I (Jeremiah) could, in …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Lamentations, 1274Patristic
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