From Nave’s Topical Bible
Poetry
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.
- 24Passages listed
- 9Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- ACROSTICPsalms 25Psalms 34Psalms 37Psalms 111Psalms 112Psalms 119Psalms 145Proverbs 31:10–31Lamentations 1Lamentations 2Lamentations 3Lamentations 4Lamentations 5
- DIDACTIC
- Moses' songDeuteronomy 32
- See Job, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, and all the books of prophecy
- See Psalms, Didactic
- ELEGY
- Upon the death of Saul2 Samuel 1:19–27
- Upon the death of Abner2 Samuel 3:332 Samuel 3:34
- See Elegy
- EPIC
- Moses' songExodus 15:1–19
- Miriam' s songExodus 15:21
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- Song of DeborahJudges 5
- LYRICS, SACRED
- Moses' and Miriam' s songsExodus 15
- Hannah' s song1 Samuel 2:1–10
- The song
- Of ElizabethLuke 1:42–45
- Of MaryLuke 1:46–55
- Of ZachariasLuke 1:68–79
- The Psalms, which see
The passages, in Bible order (24)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 15:1–19
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
Commentary on Exodus 15:1–191 voice
With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an expression which evidently points to him as the author. That it was written at the time is an assertion expressly made in the text, and it is supported by the strongest internal evidence.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Exodus 15:21
And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
- Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:11 voice
Song of Moses If Deu 32:1-3 be regarded as the introduction, and Deu 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely, (1) Deu 32:4-18, the faithfulness of God, the faithlessness of Israel; (2) Deu 32:19-33, the chastisement and the need of its infliction by God; (3) Deu 32:34-42, God’s compassion upon the low and humbled state of His people.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Judges 5:1
On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
Commentary on Judges 5:11 voice
Deborah, as “a prophetess,” both composed and sang this noble ode, which, for poetic spirit and lyric fire, is not surpassed by any of the sacred songs in the Bible. And, as Miriam took up the first verse of the song of Moses Exo 15:21, and sang it as an antiphony, so Barak, with the chorus of men, answered the song of Deborah by singing Jdg 5:2, which is also exactly suited for an antiphon, summing up as it does the subject matter of the whole ode. Compare David’s example 2Sa 6:15.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- 1 Samuel 2:1–10
At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:1–101 voice
The song of Hannah is a prophetic Psalm. It is poetry. and it is prophecy. It takes its place by the side of the songs of Miriam, Deborah, and the Virgin Mary, as well as those of Moses, David, Hezekiah, and other Psalmists and prophets whose inspired odes have been preserved in the Bible.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- 2 Samuel 1:19–27
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:19–271 voice
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places,.... The high mountains of Gilboa, where Saul their king, and Jonathan his son, a prince of the blood, and natural heir to the crown, and multitudes of young men, the flower of the nation, were wounded and slain. Here begins the lamentation, or the elegiac song: how are the mighty fallen! mighty men of war, strong and valiant, as Saul and his sons were, and the soldiers in his army.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Samuel 3:33
And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:331 voice
Lamented - i. e. composed and sang the funeral dirge which follows (compare 2Sa 1:17). Died Abner ... - i. e. The great and noble and valiant Abner had died as ignobly and as helplessly as the meanest churl!
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- 2 Samuel 3:34
Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:341 voice
Thy hands were not bound ... - This thought prepares the way for the solution; Abner had been treacherously murdered by wicked men.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Psalms 25:1
To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
Commentary on Psalms 25:11 voice
Unto thee, O Lord. See how the holy soul flies to its God like a dove to its cote. When the storm winds are out, the Lord's vessels put about and make for their well remembered harbour of refuge. What a mercy that the Lord will condescend to hear our cries in time of trouble, although we may have almost forgotten him in our hours of fancied prosperity. Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul. It is but a mockery to uplift the hands and the eyes unless we also bring our souls into our devotions.
Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David, Vol. 1, 1869
- Psalms 34:1
I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
Commentary on Psalms 34:11 voice
The Lord loves thankful people. They never cease to praise him, and they regularly thank him. In both good times and bad times they offer praise and thanksgiving to God. They worship the Lord, the God of times, without regard to what the times are like.
Athanasius of Alexandria· FESTAL LETTERS 3:5Patristic
- 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 37:11Patristic
- Psalms 111:1
Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
Commentary on Psalms 111:11 voice
In the council of the upright, and in the great congregation, are the works of the Lord. He says "of the upright," meaning those who before were sinners, but now are righteous. For is it not a thing to marvel at, when we see that the elephant and the camel, and likewise the fly and the gnat, have the same power of movement, the same breath of life, and the same members?
Jerome· Homily 37, on Psalm 110Patristic
- Psalms 112:1
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
Commentary on Psalms 112:11 voice
Praise ye the Lord,.... Or, "hallelujah". This is properly the title of the psalm: Aben Ezra says it is a word of the psalmist; it shows that all that a good man is, has, or does, is from the Lord; and therefore his name is to be praised: and he is not only to be praised for his perfections and works, but for this among others, that there are any good men on earth that fear and serve him, and are useful in their day and generation.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 119:1
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
Commentary on Psalms 119:12 voices
And as he is Firstborn among brothers and rose from the dead "the firstfruits of them that slept"; so, since it became him "in all things to have the preeminence," therefore he is created "a beginning of ways," that we, walking along it and entering through him who says, "I am the Way" and "the Door" and partaking of the knowledge of the Father, may also hear the words, "Blessed are the undefiled in the Way," and "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
Athanasius of Alexandria· Orations against the Arians 2.21.64 (c. 356-360)Patristic
א. ALEPH.--The First Part. ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way,.... Who are in the right way to heaven and happiness, which is Jesus Christ; the strait gate, and narrow way to eternal life; the only true way of life and salvation, in which way believers walk by faith.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 145:1
I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
Commentary on Psalms 145:11 voice
I will extol thee, my God, O King,.... Or "the King" (a), the King Messiah, who is by way of eminency called "the King", as in Psa 21:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 31:10–31
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
Commentary on Proverbs 31:10–312 voices
I have heard sacred Scripture saying, "Who shall find a valiant woman?" and also that she is a gift of God, and that a good marriage is arranged by the Lord. Those outside, too, have the same thought—if indeed the saying is theirs: "There is no greater boon for a man than a good wife, no worse, than the opposite." It is impossible to mention anyone who was more fortunate than my father in this respect.
Gregory of Nazianzus· ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, ORATION 18:7Patristic
Who can find a virtuous woman,.... This part of the chapter is disjoined from the rest in the Septuagint and Arabic versions; and Huetius (t) thinks it is a composition of some other person, and not Lemuel's mother, whose words he supposes end at Pro 31:9; but it is generally thought that what follows to the end of the chapter is a continuance of her words, in which she describes a person as a fit wife for her son.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed