From Nave’s Topical Bible
Prosperity
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.
- 17Passages listed
- 8Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- From GodGenesis 33:11Genesis 49:24–26Psalms 127:1Psalms 128:1Psalms 128:2
- Design ofEcclesiastes 7:14
- Dangers ofDeuteronomy 8:10–18Deuteronomy 31:20Deuteronomy 32:15Jeremiah 5:7Hosea 13:6
- Evil effects ofHosea 4:7
- Pride in2 Chronicles 32:25
- Forgetfulnesss of God in2 Chronicles 12:12 Chronicles 26:16
- The prosperous people despise the unfortunate peopleJob 12:5
- Promised to the righteousJob 22:23–27
- Prudence in
- Instances of
- Joseph and Daniel, as deduced from their general conduct
- See Joseph
The passages, in Bible order (17)
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 33:11
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
Commentary on Genesis 33:111 voice
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 49:24–26
Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
Commentary on Genesis 49:24–262 voices
But his bow abode in strength,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
(Verse 22 and following) The son of Joseph grew up, the son of Joseph grown tall above the fountain of the daughter, walking with a composed stride on the wall. And they provoked him, and contended with him, and were angry against him, having arrows. He sat in the strength of his bow, and the chains of his hands were broken, from the hands of the mighty Jacob. From there will come the shepherd, the stone of Israel from the God of your father: and the rest.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
- Deuteronomy 8:10–18
When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:10–181 voice
When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God,.... For as the Lord would furnish them with plenty of food, they might eat of it liberally, provided they did not indulge to intemperance, as everyone may whom God has blessed with a fulness of good things; and this shows that we are to return thanks to God for a plentiful meal, as well as to ask a blessing on it: for the good land which he hath given thee; which supplied them with such plenty, that they enjoyed full meals every day.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 31:20
When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 31:201 voice
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:151 voice
Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, "My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and became fat, and kicked." [Deuteronomy 32:15] Hence flowed emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. So the worthless rose up against the honoured, those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years.
Clement of Rome· Clement's First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapters 3-4, 99Patristic
- 2 Chronicles 12:1
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 12:11 voice
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 26:16
But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 26:162 voices
Of Uzziah, the ancestor of this king of whom we have been speaking, himself also praised in all things by the witness of the Scripture, after great commendation for his virtue, after countless triumphs that he achieved by the merit of his devotion and faith, learn how he was cast down by the pride of vainglory. "And," we are told, "the name of Uzziah went forth, for the Lord helped him and had strengthened him.
John Cassian· INSTITUTES 11.11, 435Patristic
When King Uzziah carried a censer and violently took on himself to sacrifice, against the law of God, and refused to submit or give place, despite the opposition of Azariah the priest, he was confounded by God's indignation and defiled with the markings of leprosy on his forehead, branded by the Lord's anger on that part of the body on which those who win the Lord's favor are sealed.
Cyprian· Treatise I. On the Unity of the Church 18, 258Patristic
- 2 Chronicles 32:25
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32:252 voices
"In those days," we are told, "Hezekiah was sick unto death, and he prayed to the Lord, and the Lord heard him and gave him a sign," that, namely of which we read in the fourth book of the kingdoms, which was given by Isaiah the prophet through the going back of the sun. "But," it says, "he did not respond to the benefits which he had received, for his heart was proud. And wrath was kindled against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.
John Cassian· INSTITUTES 11.10, 435Patristic
But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 12:5
The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
Commentary on Job 12:51 voice
For the upright man's simplicity is laughed to scorn. A lamp is despised in the thought of the rich; prepared for an appointed time. But because the very scoffers at the simple ones are themselves too enrolled under the name of Christians, being overruled by reverence for religion, they are ashamed to make a display of the sin of open scoffing. Whence it happens that full of pride in themselves, and in silence, they scoff at those whom they take to be utterly mean and abject from their simplicity.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book X, 604Patristic
- Job 22:23–27
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
Commentary on Job 22:23–272 voices
This is what he means, in my opinion: "Confess your sins; receive from God's mouth his support after your confession; and take his words into your heart." Certainly Eliphaz said these things, as he believed, by making himself equal to Job.… However, he pronounces a correct dogma here. He, in fact, thinks that Job suffers his adversities because of his sins but also so that he will be purified through the endurance of his afflictions. Once he is purified, he will be delivered from any extraneous element and freed from any involvement with iniquity.
Origen of Alexandria· FRAGMENTS ON JOB 16.61, 69, 253Patristic
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVI, 604Patristic
- Psalms 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Commentary on Psalms 127:11 voice
And someone may say, as Epicurus and Aristippus and the Cyrenaics do, and the rest of the beasts called philosophers. But reflecting carefully within myself, I find that not, as some mistakenly believe, everything is done by chance, and that fortune plays a varied role in human affairs, but rather that everything is done by the judgment of God. For even if a swift runner were to think that he determines his own course with his feet, he does not.
Jerome· Commentary on Ecclesiastes, 420Patristic
- Psalms 128:1
Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
Commentary on Psalms 128:11 voice
Blessed are all who fear the Lord. Just as no one can say 'The Lord is my portion' except the one who has no other portion in the world, so the one who fears anything else outside the Lord does not fear the Lord. Indeed, the Savior himself says: 'Do not fear those who can kill the body, but fear him who can kill both body and soul in hell.' You see, then, that whoever does not fear the Lord fears some other thing outside the Lord. The one who fears the Lord, what signs does he have?
Jerome· Homily 42, on Psalm 127, 420Patristic
- Psalms 128:2
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Commentary on Psalms 128:21 voice
You will eat the labors of your hands. Many, not understanding, have interpreted this passage otherwise: 'You will eat the labors of your fruits.' Indeed the Latin copies have it thus: You will eat the labors of your fruits. But we read it written thus in the Hebrew: You will eat the labors of your hands. For who eats the labors of fruits? Surely it ought to be understood the other way around, that someone eats the fruit of his labors, and not the labors of his hands. For it is understood the other way around.
Jerome· Homily 42, on Psalm 127, 420Patristic
- Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:141 voice
"Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked? "Symmachus translates this passage in this way: "learn the word of God, because no one can correct what He has ruined". That is he supplies from the Holy Scriptures, or from thinking of the elements, to know and understand those things, which are done; but not to ask the causes and reasons why one thing is done in this way, or why it ought to have been done differently from the way in which it has been done.
Jerome· Commentary on Ecclesiastes, 420Patristic
- Jeremiah 5:7
“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
Commentary on Jeremiah 5:71 voice
(Vers. 7) How can I be propitious to you? Your sons have forsaken me, and they swear by those who are not gods. I have satisfied them, and they have committed adultery, and they have indulged in the house of a prostitute. Catalogue of the sins of Jerusalem: while she says that she does not know God, by whom she can be shown mercy. Your sons have forsaken me, she says. Not my sons, but yours: they swear by those who are not gods, I have fed them and they have committed adultery.
Jerome· Commentary on Jeremiah, 420Patristic
- Hosea 4:7
The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
Commentary on Hosea 4:72 voices
"According to their abundance, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame." LXX: "According to their abundance, so they sinned against me, I will turn their glory into shame." Israel had as many altars built for demons as they had men, in whose sacrifices they sinned against me. Therefore, I will exchange their glory, in which they boasted to themselves and preferred to God, into ignominy, so that both the priests and the people may be captured.
Jerome· Commentary on Hosea 4:7-9, 420Patristic
As they were increased, so they sinned against me,.... As the children of the priests increased and grew up, they sinned against the Lord, imitating their parents; they were as many sinners as they were persons, not one to be excepted: this expresses their universal depravity and corruption. Some understand it of their increase, as in number, so in riches, wealth, honour, dignity, and authority, and yet they sinned more and more; which shows their ingratitude.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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