From Nave’s Topical Bible
Care
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.
- 29Passages listed
- 12Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- WORLDLYPsalms 39:6Psalms 127:2Ecclesiastes 4:8Matthew 6:25–34Matthew 13:22Mark 4:19Luke 8:14Luke 12:27Luke 14:18–20Luke 21:341 Corinthians 7:321 Corinthians 7:33Philippians 4:62 Timothy 2:4
- See Carnal Mindedness
- See Riches
- See Worldliness
- REMEDY FORPsalms 37:5Psalms 55:22Proverbs 16:3Jeremiah 17:7Jeremiah 17:8Matthew 6:26–34Luke 12:22–32Philippians 4:6Philippians 4:7Hebrews 13:51 Peter 5:61 Peter 5:7
- INSTANCES OF
- MarthaLuke 10:40Luke 10:41
- Certain persons who desired to follow JesusMatthew 9:21Luke 9:57–62
- See Rich, the
The passages, in Bible order (29)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Psalms 37:5
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
Commentary on Psalms 37:51 voice
(Vers. 5, 6.) Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in Him, and He will act. And He will bring forth your righteousness like the light, and your justice like the noonday. This single verse declares what kind of person you should be. For who reveals their way, except those who confess to God, the arbiter of their hidden secrets within their heart? Reveal, blessed one, this is, open your conscience, so that it may not be burdened by the shadow or flesh of this world.
Ambrose of Milan· Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms, 397Patristic
- Psalms 39:6
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
Commentary on Psalms 39:61 voice
"Surely in an image." Here he shows the misery of the human condition with respect to occupation; and concerning this he does three things. First he shows that there is something in man that ought to resist vanity. Second he shows in general the vanity …
Thomas Aquinas· Exposition on the Psalms of David, 1274Patristic
- Psalms 55:22
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Commentary on Psalms 55:221 voice
But do not lament a burden that surpasses your strength. For if you were the one destined to bear this responsibility alone, it would not be merely heavy but utterly unendurable. But, if the Lord is the one who helps you bear it, "Cast your care on the Lord," and he himself will bear it. Only, let me urge you in all things to guard against this—that you be not carried along with others by wicked customs, but that through the wisdom given to you by God you change the formerly adopted evil practices into something good.
Basil of Caesarea· LETTER 161, 379Patristic
- Psalms 127:2
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
Commentary on Psalms 127:21 voice
But what kind of fruit they ought to bring forth is added: "And your fruit should remain." Everything for which we labor according to the present age barely suffices until death. For death intervening cuts off the fruit of our labor. But what is done for eternal life is preserved even after death; and it begins to appear when the fruit of carnal labors has begun to disappear. Therefore, that reward begins where this one ends. Whoever therefore has already come to know eternal things, let temporal fruits become worthless in his soul.
Gregory the Dialogist· Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 27, 604Patristic
- Proverbs 16:3
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Commentary on Proverbs 16:31 voice
We are commanded to show him our ways and make our ways to him, which are made straight, not by our own efforts but by his help and mercy. Whence it is written, "Make straight your way in my sight" (or as other copies have it, "make straight my way in your sight"), so that what is straight to him may also appear straight to me. Solomon also says, "Lay open your works to the Lord, and your thoughts shall be directed."
Jerome· Against the Pelagians 3.8, 420Patristic
- Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:82 voices
The vanity of avarice renders one busied, and through this subject to many labors: Ecclesiastes 4: Considering, I found yet another vanity under the sun: there is one alone, and he has not a second, and yet he does not cease to labor, nor are …
Bonaventure· Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Prooemium, 1257Patristic
Then I returned and contemplated futility beneath the sun: a lone and solitary man who has neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to his toil, nor is his eye ever sated with riches, nor does he ask himself, 'For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of goodness.' This too is futility, indeed, it is a sorry task.
Jerome· Commentary on Ecclesiastes, 420Patristic
- Jeremiah 17:7
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
Commentary on Jeremiah 17:72 voices
It may be said both of the Jews and of the heretics that they put their hope in humankind, for the messiah whom they believe to be coming is clearly not the Son of God but a mere man. The person of the church, in contrast, who puts faith in the Lord, hears this: "Know that the Lord himself is God."
Jerome· SIX BOOKS ON JEREMIAH 3:73.2-5, 420Patristic
A person who relies on himself, however, or even on the person whose duty it is to provide for his needs, and thinks that his own activity or that of his associate is a sufficient resource for his livelihood runs the risk, as he places his hope in humankind, of falling under the curse that reads, "Cursed is the one that trusts in humankind and makes flesh his arm and whose soul departs from the Lord."
Basil of Caesarea· THE LONG RULES 42, 379Patristic
- Jeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Commentary on Jeremiah 17:82 voices
It may be said both of the Jews and of the heretics that they put their hope in humankind, for the messiah whom they believe to be coming is clearly not the Son of God but a mere man. The person of the church, in contrast, who puts faith in the Lord, hears this: "Know that the Lord himself is God."
Jerome· SIX BOOKS ON JEREMIAH 3:73.2-5, 420Patristic
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Matthew 6:25–34
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Commentary on Matthew 6:25–341 voice
Some MSS. add here, nor what ye shall drinkb. That which belongs naturally to all animals alike, to brutes and beasts of burden as well as to man, from all thought of this we are not freed. But we are bid not to be anxious what we should eat, for in the sweat of our face we earn our bread; the toil is to be undergone, the anxiety put away. This Be not careful, is to be taken of bodily food and clothing; for the food and clothing of the spirit it becomes us to be always careful.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 6:26–34
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Commentary on Matthew 6:26–341 voice
There be some who, seeking to go beyond the limits of their fathers, and to soar into the air, sink into the deep and are drowned. These will have the birds of the air to mean the Angels, and the other powers in the ministry of God, who without any care of their own are fed by God's providence. But if this be indeed as they would have it, how follows it, said to men, Are not ye of more worth than they?
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 9:21
She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”
Commentary on Matthew 9:211 voice
(Verse 21) For she said within herself, If I shall touch but his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, According to the Law, he who touches a woman who is menstruating or has a discharge of blood is unclean (Lev. 20:25). She touches the Lord for this reason, that she may be healed of the defect of blood.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 13:22
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Mark 4:19
but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Commentary on Mark 4:191 voice
And the cares of this world,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Luke 8:14
The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
- Luke 9:57–62
As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.”
- Luke 10:40
But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”
Commentary on Luke 10:401 voice
(6. Mor. c. 18.) Or by Mary who sat and heard our Lord's words, is signified the contemplative life; by Martha engaged in more outward services, the active life. Now Martha's care is not blamed, but Mary is praised, for great are the rewards of an active life, but those of a contemplative are far better. Hence Mary's part it is said will never be taken away from her, for the works of an active life pass away with the body, but the joys of the contemplative life the rather begin to increase from the end.
Gregory the Dialogist· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 604Patristic
Show the other 13 passages, book by book ▾
1 Corinthians2
Philippians2
2 Timothy1
Hebrews1
1 Peter2