From Nave’s Topical Bible
Stability
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.
- 14Passages listed
- 8Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
The passages, in Bible order (14)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 14 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Psalms 57:7
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
Commentary on Psalms 57:71 voice
Our Lord Jesus Christ gave great assurance to his witnesses, that is, to the martyrs who, on account of their human weakness, were worried that perhaps they would perish after death if they died while confessing him. He did this by telling them, "Not a …
Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 226:1, 542Patristic
- Psalms 108:1
My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
Commentary on Psalms 108:11 voice
And these things indeed we say according to the Jews. But according to the higher sense, it is the Lord who sings these things. "My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready." I am ready here, I am ready in the future: I save both on earth and I save in heaven; that is, I save both the angels and men.
Jerome· Homily 34, on Psalm 107, 420Patristic
- Psalms 112:7
He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
Commentary on Psalms 112:71 voice
"Whosoever fixeth his heart, trusteth in God, and he maketh his heart firm and feareth not." The heart which is fixed in virtues the remembrance of God maketh to be glad, and whosoever hath obtained healing of spirit in his inner man, the remembrance of …
Philoxenus of Mabbug· 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 7 -- Second Discourse on the Fear of God, 523Patristic
- Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Commentary on Matthew 10:221 voice
(Verse 22.) But whoever perseveres until the end, he will be saved. For it is not to begin, but to complete virtue.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 24:13
But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Commentary on Matthew 24:132 voices
(Verse 12, 13.) And since iniquity will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who perseveres to the end, he will be saved. He did not deny the faith of all, but of many. For many are called, but few are chosen. For in the apostles and those like them, charity will remain, of which it is written: 'Many waters cannot quench love' (Song of Solomon 8:7). And even Paul himself said: 'Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?' tribulation, or distress, or famine (Rom. VIII, 35)? and so on.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
But "by patience," says He, "ye shall yourselves be saved." Of this very patience the Psalm says, "The patient endurance of the just shall not perish for ever; " because it is said in another Psalm, "Precious (in the sight of the Lord) is the death of the just"-arising, no doubt, out of their patient endurance, so that Zechariah declares: "A crown shall be to them that endure.
Tertullian· Against Marcion Book IV, 220Patristic
- Mark 4:20
Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”
Commentary on Mark 4:201 voice
But the good earth brings forth fruit through patience, because clearly our good works are nothing if we do not also bear with equanimity the evils of our neighbors. For the higher anyone has advanced, the more he finds in this world what he must bear more harshly, because when our mind's love for the present age diminishes, the adversity of that same age increases. Hence it is that we see many both doing good and yet laboring under the heavy burden of tribulations. For they now flee earthly desires, and yet are wearied by harsher afflictions.
Gregory the Dialogist· Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 15, 604Patristic
- 1 Corinthians 7:20
Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:201 voice
To begin with, that speech, wont to be cast in our teeth, "I have nothing else whereby to live," may be more severely retorted, "You have, then, whereby to live?
Tertullian· On Idolatry, 220Patristic
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:581 voice
Besides, he who bids us shine as sons of light, does not bid us hide away out of sight as sons of darkness. He commands us to stand stedfast, certainly not to act an opposite.
Tertullian· On Flight in Persecution, 220Patristic
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 2:151 voice
Since therefore we have such proofs, it is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich man [depositing his money] in a bank, lodged in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to the truth: so that every man, whosoever will, can draw from her the water of life. For she is the entrance to life; all others are thieves and robbers.
Irenaeus· Against Heresies Book 3, 202Patristic
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 3:31 voice
Above he said: God "chose you" "for salvation," meaning: chose for Himself. So then, faithful, that is, true is God, and He will undoubtedly accomplish what He began; and He will strengthen you, as we prayed, so that you will no longer be shaken, and …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on 2 Thessalonians, 1107Patristic
- Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
Commentary on Hebrews 10:231 voice
Therefore, God has opened an entrance to all the sons of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in order that they may be in the faith of profession towards Him.
Apostolic Constitutions· CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES, 380Patristic
- Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
Commentary on Hebrews 13:91 voice
That is, the doctrines of the [levitical] priests and their offerings. "It is well that the heart is strengthened by grace," that is, is made firm by the new gospel, not by the restrictions of the priests about food. Those who practiced this way of …
Ephrem the Syrian· COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS, 373Patristic
- James 1:23–25
For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
Commentary on James 1:23–251 voice
The second benefit of keeping the commandments of God is the understanding of the sacred Scriptures. Gregory says that "by hearing God's precepts the disciples were not illuminated, but by doing them they were illuminated"; because not the hearers of the law only, but the …
Bonaventure· Collationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation 1, 1257Patristic
- Revelation 22:11
Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”
Commentary on Revelation 22:111 voice
The blessed Blandina … rejoiced in her death as though she had been invited to a bridal banquet instead of being a victim of the beasts. After the scourges, the animals and the hot griddle, she was at last tossed into a net and exposed to a bull. After being tossed a good deal by the animal, she no longer perceived what was happening because of the hope and possession of all she believed in and because of her intimacy with Christ.
Eusebius of Caesarea· ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 5.1.55-58, 339Patristic