From Nave’s Topical Bible
Craftiness
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.
- 13Passages listed
- 6Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- INSTANCES OF
- Satan, in the temptation of EveGenesis 3:1–5
- Jacob, in purchase of Esau's birthrightGenesis 25:31–33
- Obtaining Isaac's blessingGenesis 27:6–29
- In management of Laban's flocks and herdsGenesis 30:31–43
- Gibeonites, in deceiving Joshua and the Israelites into a treatyJoshua 9:3–15
- Sanballat, in trying to deceive Nehemiah into a conferenceNehemiah 6
- Jews, in seeking to entangle the MasterMatthew 22:15–17Matthew 22:24–28Mark 12:13Mark 14:18–23Luke 20:19–26
- In seeking to kill JesusMatthew 26:4Mark 14:1
The passages, in Bible order (13)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 13 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 3:1–5
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
Commentary on Genesis 3:1–51 voice
(Chapter 3, Verse 1) Now the serpent was more cunning than any other wild animal that was on the earth. In Hebrew, the word for cunning is Arom (אָרוּם), which Aquila and Theodotion translate as πανοῦργον. This means wicked and deceitful. Therefore, from this word, it is demonstrated more of a craftiness and cunningness than wisdom.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
- Genesis 25:31–33
“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
Commentary on Genesis 25:31–331 voice
Reason would then curtail the attractions of gluttony and the other excessive desires and would check the passions and emotions of the body. Therefore temperance comes before correction and is the mistress of learning. Proceeding from it, holy Jacob received from his brother the primacy that he had not possessed; by his agreement to that preference, Esau taught for the future that those who do not govern their own selves are worthless in judgment.
Ambrose of Milan· On Jacob and the Blessed Life, Book 1, Chapter 2, 397Patristic
- Genesis 27:6–29
Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
Commentary on Genesis 27:6–291 voice
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,.... Who was in the tent with her, and for whom she had the strongest affection: saying, behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother; heard the conversation that passed between them, and particularly what Isaac had given in charge to Esau: saying, as follows:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 30:31–43
“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
Commentary on Genesis 30:31–431 voice
And he said, what shall I give thee?....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Joshua 9:3–15
But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
Commentary on Joshua 9:3–151 voice
"In my father's house are many mansions," says the Word of God. Yet even the resurrection of the dead will not exhibit an equal glory of those rising again, for "there is one flesh of birds, another of cattle, and even another of fish. There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of heavenly things is one thing, that of the earthly, another. One glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, another glory of the stars.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 10.1, 253Patristic
- Nehemiah 6:1
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
Commentary on Nehemiah 6:11 voice
Now it happened that when Sanaballat and Tobiah heard, etc. The enemies of the holy city urge Nehemiah to descend to the plains and enter into a covenant of peace with them, with calves slain together as a testimony of the contracted covenant. However, he, …
Bede· Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah, 735Patristic
- Matthew 22:15–17
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
Commentary on Matthew 22:15–171 voice
(Verse 15.) Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap him in his words. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?"
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 22:24–28
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
Commentary on Matthew 22:24–281 voice
(Vers. 24 seqq.) And they asked him, saying: Master, Moses said: If any man die, having a wife, and he have no children, that his brother should take her to wife, and raise up seed to his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died; and, not having issue, left his wife to his brother. In like manner the second and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 26:4
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
Commentary on Matthew 26:41 voice
Likewise, that about which they took counsel is touched upon: that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus. And it was foolish of them to think they could take by subtilty one who knew all things; Jeremiah 9:8: their tongue is a wounding arrow, it hath …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Matthew, 1274Patristic
- Mark 12:13
Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.
Commentary on Mark 12:131 voice
We have said elsewhere of the Herodians, that they were a certain new heresy, who said that Herod was the Christ, because the succession of the kingdom of Judah had failed. Others however say that the Herodians were the soldiers of Herod, whom the Pharisees brought as witnesses of the words of Christ, that they might take Him, and lead Him away. But observe how in their wickedness they wished to deceive Christ by flattery; for it goes on: Master, we know that thou art true.
Theophylact of Ohrid· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 1107Patristic
- Mark 14:1
Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
Commentary on Mark 14:11 voice
Let us now sprinkle our book, and our thresholds with blood, and put the scarlet thread around the house of our prayers, and bind scarlet on our hand, as was done to Zarah, (Gen. 38:30) that we may be able to say that the red heifer is slain in the valley. (Num. 19:2, Deut. 21:4) For the Evangelist, being about to speak of the slaying of Christ, premises, After two days was the feast of the Passover, and of unleavened bread. Or else phase is interpreted a passing over, but Pascha means sacrifice.
Pseudo-Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 9999Patristic
- Mark 14:18–23
And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with Me will betray Me.”
Commentary on Mark 14:18–231 voice
While he might have at once specially pointed out the betrayer, he did not do so, but said generally, "One of you will betray me," so the character of each might be tested by the witness of his astonished heart. This underscored the goodness of the disciples who believed Christ's words more than their own consciousness, and the wickedness of Judas because he did not believe the One who knew his plans. He embraced the obscurity by lying through his own teeth.
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 50, 253Patristic
- Luke 20:19–26
When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.