From Nave’s Topical Bible
Symbols and Similitudes
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.
- 216Passages listed
- 33Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Trees of life and knowledgeGenesis 2:9Genesis 2:17Genesis 3:3Genesis 3:24Revelation 22:2
- RainbowGenesis 9:12Genesis 9:13
- Circumcision, of the covenant of AbrahamGenesis 17:11Romans 4:11
- Passover, of the sparing of the firstborn, and of the atonement made by ChristExodus 12:3–281 Corinthians 5:7
- Of the divine presence, the pillar of cloudExodus 13:21Exodus 13:22Exodus 14:19Exodus 14:20Exodus 19:9Exodus 19:16
- Thunder on Mount SinaiExodus 19:9Exodus 19:16
- Darkness, of God' s inscrutabilityExodus 20:21Leviticus 16:21 Kings 8:12Psalms 18:11Psalms 97:2Hebrews 12:18Hebrews 12:19
- The rock that was struck, of ChristExodus 17:61 Corinthians 10:4
- The sprinkled blood, of the covenantExodus 24:8
- Wine, of the atoning bloodMatthew 26:27–29Mark 14:23–25Luke 22:17Luke 22:18Luke 22:20
- The bronze serpent, of ChristNumbers 21:8Numbers 21:9John 3:14
- Sacrificial animalsGenesis 15:8–11John 1:29John 1:36
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- Waving the wave offering and lifting up the heave offeringExodus 29:24–28Leviticus 8:27–29Leviticus 9:21
- The whole system of Mosaic ritesHebrews 9:9Hebrews 9:10Hebrews 9:18–23
- TabernaclePsalms 15:1Ezekiel 37:27Hebrews 8:2Hebrews 8:5Hebrews 9:1–12Hebrews 9:23Hebrews 9:24
- SanctuaryPsalms 20:2
- Canaan, of the spiritual restHebrews 3:11Hebrews 3:12Hebrews 4:5
- SaltNumbers 18:19
- Offering water to drinkGenesis 24:13–15Genesis 24:42–44
- Lapping waterJudges 7:4–8
- Invitation to approach1 Samuel 14:8–12
- Bow-Shot
- By Jonathan1 Samuel 20:21–37
- By Joash2 Kings 13:15–19
- Men meeting Saul1 Samuel 10:2–7
- Rain and thunder1 Samuel 12:16–18
- The torn altar1 Kings 13:31 Kings 13:5
- The tearing of the curtain in the templeMatthew 27:51Mark 1:38Luke 23:45
- Wounding1 Kings 20:35–40
- Praying toward the temple1 Kings 8:29Daniel 6:10
- Harvest2 Kings 19:29
- Isaiah' s childrenIsaiah 8:18
- NakednessIsaiah 20:2–4
- Almond rodJeremiah 1:11
- Sticks and stavesEzekiel 37:16Ezekiel 37:17Zechariah 11:7Zechariah 11:10Zechariah 11:11Zechariah 11:14
- Food2 Kings 19:29Isaiah 37:30
- Shadow on Ahaz' sun-dial2 Kings 20:8–11Isaiah 38:7Isaiah 38:8
- CookingJeremiah 1:13Ezekiel 4:9–15Ezekiel 24:3–5
- BeltJeremiah 13:1–7Acts 21:11
- BottlesJeremiah 13:12Jeremiah 19:1Jeremiah 19:2Jeremiah 19:10
- Breaking of a potter' s vesselJeremiah 19
- Good and bad figsJeremiah 24
- Basket of fruitJeremiah 24:1–3Amos 8:1Amos 8:2
- WineJeremiah 25:15–17Matthew 26:27Mark 14:23Luke 22:17
- YokesJeremiah 27:2Jeremiah 27:3Jeremiah 28:10
- Jeremiah' s deeds of landJeremiah 32:1–16
- The book thrown into the Euphrates RiverJeremiah 51:63
- Being muteEzekiel 3:26Ezekiel 3:27Ezekiel 24:27Ezekiel 29:21Ezekiel 33:22Luke 1:20–22Luke 1:62–64
- A siegeEzekiel 4:1–3
- PostureEzekiel 4:4–8
- Ceremonially unclean foodEzekiel 4:9–17
- Ezekiel' s beardEzekiel 5:1–4
- Change of domicileEzekiel 12:3–11
- Eating bread with alertnessEzekiel 12:17–20
- Eating and drinking in fearEzekiel 12:18
- A vineEzekiel 15:2Ezekiel 19:10–14
- DeathEzekiel 24:16–19
- A boiling potEzekiel 24:1–5
- Mourning forbiddenEzekiel 24:15–18
- Two sticksEzekiel 37:15–28
- Handwriting on the wallDaniel 5:5Daniel 5:6Daniel 5:16–28
- The plumb-lineAmos 7:7Amos 7:8
- Marrying a whoreHosea 1:2–9Hosea 3:1–4
- RollZechariah 5:2–4
- EphahZechariah 5:6–11
- JonahMatthew 16:4Luke 11:29Luke 11:30
- The star in the eastMatthew 2:2
- The rock that was struck1 Corinthians 10:4Exodus 17:6
- SaltColossians 4:6
- BreadMatthew 26:26Mark 14:22Luke 22:19
- ChildhoodMatthew 18:3Mark 10:14Mark 10:15Luke 18:16Luke 18:17
- MannaJohn 6:31–58
- OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
- WATERJohn 3:5John 7:38John 7:39
- Cleansing byEzekiel 16:9Ezekiel 36:25Ephesians 5:26Hebrews 10:22
- VivifyingPsalms 1:3Isaiah 27:3Isaiah 27:6Isaiah 44:3Isaiah 44:4Isaiah 58:11
- FIREMatthew 3:11
- PurifyingIsaiah 4:4Malachi 3:2Malachi 3:3
- IlluminatingExodus 13:21Psalms 78:14
- Searching withZephaniah 1:121 Corinthians 2:10
- WIND So 4:16
- IncomprehensibleJohn 3:81 Corinthians 12:11
- Powerful with1 Kings 19:11Acts 2:2
- Sensible in its effectsJohn 3:8
- RevivingEzekiel 37:9Ezekiel 37:10Ezekiel 37:14
- OILPsalms 45:7
- HealingIsaiah 1:6Luke 10:34Revelation 18:13
- ComfortingIsaiah 61:3Hebrews 1:9
- IlluminatingZechariah 4:2Zechariah 4:3Zechariah 4:11–13Matthew 25:3Matthew 25:41 John 2:201 John 2:27
- ConsecratingExodus 29:7Exodus 30:30Isaiah 61:1
- RAIN AND DEWPsalms 72:6
- FertilizingEzekiel 34:26Ezekiel 34:27Hosea 6:3Hosea 10:12Hosea 14:5
- RefreshingPsalms 68:9Isaiah 18:4
- AbundantPsalms 133:3
- Imperceptible with2 Samuel 17:12Mark 4:26–28
- A DOVEMatthew 3:16
- A VOICEIsaiah 6:8
- SpeakingMatthew 10:20
- Guiding withIsaiah 30:21John 16:13
- WarningHebrews 3:7–11
- A SEALRevelation 7:2
- Impressing withJob 38:142 Corinthians 3:18
- EarnestEphesians 1:13Ephesians 1:14Ephesians 4:302 Corinthians 1:22
- CLOVEN TONGUES (like split, lashing, projections of fire)Acts 2:3Acts 2:6Acts 2:11
- Ablutions, a symbol of purity
- See Ablutions
- See Purifications
- For symbolisms of color
- See Colors
- See [3904]ALLEGORY
- See Instruction, by Symbols
- See Instruction, of Children
- See Instruction, in Religion
The passages, in Bible order (216)
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 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Commentary on Genesis 2:91 voice
There was a tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Paradise. This was so because 'God made to grow a tree pleasant to sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.' [ Gen 2:9 ] We shall see later whether this tree, like the others, was pleasant to sight and good for food. The question will be more fittingly discussed at the point where, on tasting the fruit of this tree, we find that man was deceived.
Ambrose of Milan· On Paradise, 397Patristic
- Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Commentary on Genesis 2:172 voices
What is the difference between saying 'ye shall die' and 'ye shall die the death'? We ought to point out that there is nothing superfluous in the command of God. Here is my solution. Since life and death are contradictory ideas, in unaffected language we say 'we live in life' and 'die in death.'
Ambrose of Milan· On Paradise, 397Patristic
Knowing once more how the will of man could sway to either side, in anticipation God secured the grace given them by a command and by the place where he put them. For he brought them into his own garden and gave them a law so that, if they kept the grace and remained good, they might still keep the life in paradise without sorrow or pain or care, besides having the promise of incorruption in heaven.
Athanasius of Alexandria· On the Incarnation of the Word 3.4, 373Patristic
- Genesis 3:3
but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
Commentary on Genesis 3:31 voice
The manner in which the devil proceeded in the temptation was of great cunning, because he proceeded by testing, impelling, and enticing. For he conducted his test through questioning, he impelled through assurance, and he enticed through promise. For first he questioned about the reason …
Bonaventure· Breviloquium, Part 3, Chapter 2, 1257Patristic
- Genesis 3:24
So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
Commentary on Genesis 3:241 voice
(Verse 24.) And Adam was cast out, and he made him dwell opposite the paradise of pleasure. And he established Cherubim and a flaming sword, which turned to guard the way to the tree of life. There is much more meaning in the Hebrew than is understood here. For it says: And Adam was cast out, no doubt by the Lord: And he made him dwell before the paradise of pleasure, Cherubim, and a flaming sword, which turned, and guarded the way to the tree of life.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
- Genesis 9:12
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
Commentary on Genesis 9:121 voice
After these things God made a covenant with Noah and with all those who came out of the ark with him, saying, "All flesh shall never again perish in the waters of a flood. I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall …
Ephrem the Syrian· COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 6.15.3, 373Patristic
- Genesis 9:13
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
Commentary on Genesis 9:132 voices
I will place my bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth; and when I cover the sky with clouds, my bow will appear, and I will remember my covenant with you and with every …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735Patristic
After these things God made a covenant with Noah and with all those who came out of the ark with him, saying, "All flesh shall never again perish in the waters of a flood. I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall …
Ephrem the Syrian· COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 6.15.3, 373Patristic
- Genesis 15:8–11
But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
Commentary on Genesis 15:8–112 voices
But he said: Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it? Abraham is not to be thought to have failed in faith after he believed in God, and it was counted to him as righteousness, so as to say: Lord God, …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735Patristic
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 17:11
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
Commentary on Genesis 17:112 voices
I know that this part of the text is disturbing to many. Indeed, if circumcision is a good thing, it should be maintained today as well. If it is useless, it never should have been mandated in the first place, particularly not by divine precept. But, inasmuch as the apostle said, "Abraham received the sign of circumcision," certainly the sign is not the reality itself but points to another reality. That is, it is not the truth but points to the truth.
Ambrose of Milan· On Abraham, 397Patristic
God said again to Abraham: And you shall therefore keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations; this is my covenant which you shall keep between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised; …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735Patristic
- Genesis 24:13–15
Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
Commentary on Genesis 24:13–151 voice
Observe how many things take place at waters, so that you too may be invited to come daily to the waters of the Word of God and stand by its wells, as also Rebekah used to do, of whom the Scripture says, "The virgin was very beautiful; a virgin, a man had not known her."
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON GENESIS 10, 253Patristic
- Genesis 24:42–44
So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
Commentary on Genesis 24:42–442 voices
And I came this day unto the well,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
O Lord God of my master - As Abraham was the friend of God, Eliezer makes use of this to give weight and consequence to his petitions.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Exodus 12:3–28
Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.
Commentary on Exodus 12:3–281 voice
"The lamb," the Lord says, "must be without blemish. You may take it from either the sheep or the goats." In another place of Holy Writ, it is prescribed that if anyone is unable to keep the Passover in the first month, he is to do so in the second. According to the regulation above, anyone who is unable to sacrifice a lamb may substitute a kid.
Jerome· HOMILY 91, 420Patristic
- Exodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
Commentary on Exodus 13:211 voice
It was also fitting that a pillar of fire preceded the Israelites as they progressed through the desert during the night and a pillar of a cloud during the day. There is dread in fire but a gentle soothing quality in the sight of a cloud. "Day" is understood to point toward the life of the righteous and "night" that of the sinner. Hence Paul said to sinners who had been converted, "You were once darkness but are now light in the Lord."
Gregory the Dialogist· Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 21, 604Patristic
- Exodus 13:22
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
Commentary on Exodus 13:221 voice
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day,.... It always appeared in the daytime, and was a guide and shelter: nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people; this continued till they came through the wilderness to the borders of the land of Canaan, when they needed it no longer, and then it left them; for when they passed over Jordan the ark went before them, Jos 3:6.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
Commentary on Exodus 14:191 voice
And the Angel of God which went before the camp of Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 14:20
so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
Commentary on Exodus 14:201 voice
Therefore this darkness of the body has been placed between us and God, like the cloud of old between the Egyptians and the Hebrews. This is perhaps what is meant by "He made darkness his separate place," namely, our dullness, through which few can see even a little.
Gregory of Nazianzus· THEOLOGICAL ORATION 2:12, 390Patristic
- Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Commentary on Exodus 17:61 voice
It does not surpass faith that a virgin gave birth, when we read that even a rock poured out water and that the waves of the sea were made solid in the form of a wall.
Ambrose of Milan· Letter 42.7, 397Patristic
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Isaiah17
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- Ezekiel 3:26
- Ezekiel 3:27
- Ezekiel 4:1–3
- Ezekiel 4:4–8
- Ezekiel 4:9–15
- Ezekiel 5:1–4
- Ezekiel 12:3–11
- Ezekiel 12:17–20
- Ezekiel 12:18
- Ezekiel 15:2
- Ezekiel 16:9
- Ezekiel 19:10–14
- Ezekiel 24:1–5
- Ezekiel 24:3–5
- Ezekiel 24:15–18
- Ezekiel 24:16–19
- Ezekiel 24:27
- Ezekiel 29:21
- Ezekiel 33:22
- Ezekiel 34:26
- Ezekiel 34:27
- Ezekiel 36:25
- Ezekiel 37:9
- Ezekiel 37:10
- Ezekiel 37:14
- Ezekiel 37:15–28
- Ezekiel 37:16
- Ezekiel 37:17
- Ezekiel 37:27
Zephaniah1
Zechariah9
Malachi2
Matthew11
Luke12
Romans1
2 Corinthians2
Colossians1
Hebrews16
1 John2