R.A. Torrey’s New Topical Textbook – Bible Verses by Topics – Letter V
Alphabetical Listings
Vail or Veil
A covering for the head usually worn by women — Ge 38:14
Was worn
As a token of modesty. — Ge 24:65
As a token of subjection. — 1Co 11:3,6,7,10
For concealment. — Ge 38:14
The removing of, considered rude and insolent — Song 5:7
Removing of, threatened as a punishment to ungodly women — Isa
3:23
Moses put one on to conceal the glory of his face — Ex 34:33;
2Co 3:13
Illustrative
Of the spiritual blindness of the Gentile nations. — Isa 25:7
Of the spiritual blindness of the Jewish nation. — 2Co 3:14-16
Vail, the Sacred
Moses commanded to make — Ex 26:31
Made by Bezaleel for the tabernacle — Ex 36:35
Suspended from four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold
— Ex 26:32
Hung between the holy and most holy place — Ex 26:33; Heb 9:3
Designed to conceal the ark, mercy seat, and the symbol of the
divine presence — Ex 40:3
The high priest
Alone allowed to enter within. — Heb 9:6,7
Allowed to enter but once a year. — Le 16:2; Heb 9:7
Could not enter without blood. — Le 16:3; Heb 9:7
Made by Solomon for the temple — 2Ch 3:14
Was rent at the death of our Lord — Mt 27:51; Mr 15:38; Lu
23:45
Illustrative
Of the obscurity of the Mosaic age. — Heb 9:8
Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity. — Heb
10:20; Isa 53:2
(Rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to
saints. — Heb 10:19,20; 9:24
Valleys
Tracts of land between mountains — 1Sa 17:3
Called
Vales. — De 1:7; Jos 10:40
Dales. — Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18
Fat valleys, when fruitful. — Isa 28:1,4
Rough valleys, when uncultivated and barren. — De 21:4
Watered by mountain streams — Ps 104:8,10
Canaan abounded in — De 11:11
Abounded with
Fountains and springs. — De 8:7; Isa 41:18
Rocks and caves. — Job 30:6; Isa 57:5
Trees. — 1Ki 10:27
Lily of the valley. — Song 2:1
Ravens. — Pr 30:17
Doves. — Eze 7:16
Of Israel well tilled and fruitful — 1Sa 6:13; Ps 65:13
Often the scenes of idolatrous rites — Isa 57:5
The heathen supposed that certain deities presided over — 1Ki
20:23,28
The Canaanites held possession of, against Judah — Jdj 1:19
Often the scenes of great contests — Jdj 5:15; 7:8,22; 1Sa
17:19
Mentioned in scripture
Achor. — Jos 7:24; Isa 65:10; Ho 2:5
Ajalon. — Jos 10:12
Baca. — Ps 84:6
Berachah. — 2Ch 20:26
Bochim. — Jdj 2:5
Charashim. — 1Ch 4:14
Elah. — 1Sa 17:2; 21:9
Eshcol. — Nu 32:9; De 1:24
Gad. — 2Sa 24:5
Gerar. — Ge 26:17
Gibeon. — Isa 28:21
Hebron. — Ge 37:14
Hinnom or Tophet. — Jos 18:16; 2Ki 23:10; 2Ch 28:3; Jer 7:32
Jehoshaphat or decision. — Joe 3:2,14
Jericho. — De 34:3
Jezreel. — Ho 1:5
Jephthah-el. — Jos 19:14,27
Keziz. — Jos 18:21
Lebanon. — Jos 11:17
Megiddo. — 2Ch 35:22; Zec 12:11
Moab where Moses was buried. — De 34:6
Passengers or Hamongog. — Eze 39:11
Rephaim or giants. — Jos 15:8; 18:16; 2Sa 5:18; Isa 17:5
Salt. — 2Sa 8:13; 2Ki 14:17
Shaveh or king’s dale. — Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18
Shittim. — Joe 3:18
Siddim. — Ge 14:3,8
Sorek. — Jdj 16:4
Succoth. — Ps 60:6
Zared. — Nu 21:12
Zeboim. — 1Sa 13:18
Zephathah. — 2Ch 14:10
To be filled with hostile chariots, threatened as a punishment
— Isa 22:7
Miracles connected with
The moon made to stand still over Ajalon. — Jos 10:12
Ditches in, filled with water. — 2Ki 3:16,17
Water in, made to appear to the Moabites like blood. — 2Ki
3:22,23
Illustrative
Of the church of Christ. — Song 6:11
(Fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of Israel. — Nu 24:6
(Dark,) of affliction and death. — Ps 23:4
(Filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel. —
Isa 40:4; Lu 3:5
Vanity
A consequence of the fall — Ro 8:20
Every man is — Ps 39:11
Every state of man is — Ps 62:9
Man at his best estate is — Ps 39:5
Man is like to — Ps 144:4
The thoughts of man are — Ps 94:11
The days of man are — Job 7:16; Ec 6:12
Childhood and youth are — Ec 11:10
The beauty of man is — Ps 39:11; Pr 31:30
The help of man in — Ps 60:11; La 4:17
Man’s own righteousness is — Isa 57:12
Worldly wisdom is — Ec 2:15,21; 1Co 3:20
Worldly pleasure is — Ec 2:1
Worldly anxiety — Ps 39:6; 127:2
Worldly labour is — Ec 2:11; 4:4
Worldly enjoyment is — Ec 2:3,10,11
Worldly possessions are — Ec 2:4-11
Treasures of wickedness are — Pr 10:2
Heaping up riches is — Ec 2:26; 4:8
Love of riches is — Ec 5:10
Unblessed riches are — Ec 6:2
Riches gotten by falsehood are — Pr 21:6
All earthly things are — Ec 1:2
Foolish questions, &c are — 1Ti 1:6,7; 6:20; 2Ti 2:14,16; Tit
3:9
The conduct of the ungodly is — 1Pe 1:18
The religion of hypocrites is — Jas 1:26
The worship of the wicked is — Isa 1:13; Mt 6:7
Lying words are — Jer 7:8
False teaching is but — Jer 23:32
Mere external religion is — 1Ti 4:8; Heb 13:9
Alms giving without charity is — 1Co 13:3
Faith without works is — Jas 2:14
Idolatry is — 2Ki 17:15; Ps 31:6; Isa 44:9,10; Jer 10:8; 18:15
Wealth gotten by, diminishes — Pr 13:11
Saints
Hate the thoughts of. — Ps 119:113
Pray to be kept from. — Ps 119:37; Pr 30:8
Avoid. — Ps 24:4
Avoid those given to. — Ps 26:4
The wicked
Especially characterised by. — Job 11:11
Though full of, affect to be wise. — Job 11:12
Love. — Ps 4:2
Imagine. — Ps 2:1; Ac 4:25; Ro 1:21
Devise. — Ps 36:4
Speak. — Ps 10:7; 12:2; 41:6
Count God’s service as. — Job 21:15; Mal 3:14
Allure others by words of. — 2Pe 2:18
Walk after. — Jer 2:5
Walk in. — Ps 39:6; Eph 4:17
Inherit. — Jer 16:19
Reap. — Pr 22:8; Jer 12:13
Judicially given up to. — Ps 78:33; Isa 57:13
Fools follow those given to — Pr 12:11
Following those given to, leads to poverty — Pr 28:19
They who trust in, rewarded with — Job 15:31
Vine, The
Often found wild — 2Ki 4:39; Ho 9:10
Cultivated
In vineyards from the time of Noah. — Ge 9:20
On the sides of hills. — Jer 31:5
In the valleys. — Song 6:11
By the walls of houses. — Ps 128:3
Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness
— Le 25:3; 2Ch 26:10; Isa 18:5
Canaan abounded in — De 6:11; 8:8
Places celebrated for
Eshcol. — Nu 13:23,24
Sibmah. — Isa 16:8,9
Lebanon. — Ho 14:7
Egypt. — Ps 78:47; 80:8
The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed — Eze 17:6
Of Sodom bad and unfit for use — De 32:32
Often degenerated — Isa 5:2; Jer 2:21
Frequently injured by hail and frost — Ps 78:47; 105:32,33
Foxes destructive to — Song 2:15
The wild boar destructive to — Ps 80:13
The fruit of
Called grapes. — Ge 40:10
Peculiarly sour when unripe. — Jer 31:30
Eaten fresh from the tree. — De 23:24
Eaten dried. — 1Sa 25:18; 30:12
Sold in the markets. — Ne 13:15
Made into wine. — De 32:14; Mt 26:29
The wood of, fit only for burning — Eze 15:2-5
Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots — Ge 49:11
Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year — Nu 13:20
Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers — Song 2:13;
Ho 14:7
God made, fruitful for his people when obedient — Joe 2:22; Zec
8:12
Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment — Jer 8:13; Ho 2:12;
Joe 1:7,12; Hag 2:19
Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection — Job
15:33; Mal 3:11
Nazarites prohibited eating any part of — Nu 6:3,4
Illustrative
Of Christ. — Joh 15:1,2
Of Israel. — Ps 80:8; Isa 5:2,7
(Its fruitful branches,) of saints. — Joh 15:5
(Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors. — Joh 15:2,6
(Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace. — Ho
14:7
(Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church. — Song 7:8
(Pruning of,) of God’s purifying his people by afflictions. —
Joh 15:2
(Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the
wicked. — Eze 15:6,7
(Unfruitful,) of the wicked. — Ho 10:1
(Sitting under one’s own) of peace and prosperity. — 1Ki 4:25;
Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10
Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of — Jer
31:29,30; Eze 18:2
Vineyards
Origin and antiquity of — Ge 9:20
The design of planting — Ps 107:37; 1Co 9:7
Frequently walled or fenced with hedges — Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31;
Isa 5:2,5
Cottages built in, for the keepers — Isa 1:8
Provided with the apparatus for making wine — Isa 5:2; Mt
21:33
The stones carefully gathered out of — Isa 5:2
Laws respecting
Not to be planted with different kinds of seed. — De 22:9
Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year. — Ex 23:11; Le
25:4
The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the
sabbatical year. — Le 25:5,11
Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to. — Ex 22:5
Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any
away. — De 23:24
The gleaning of, to be left for the poor. — Le 19:10; De 24:21
The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years. — Le 19:23
The fruit of new, to be holy to the Lord in the fourth year. —
Le 19:24
The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year.
— Le 19:25
Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten
of the fruit. — De 20:6
Frequently let out to husbandmen — Song 8:11; Mt 21:33
Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit — Mt 21:34
Were often mortgaged — Ne 5:3,4
Estimated rent of — Song 8:11; Isa 7:23
Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators — Song 8:12
The poor engaged in the culture of — 2Ki 25:12; Isa 61:5
Members of the family often wrought in — Song 1:6; Mt 21:28-30
Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in — Mt 20:1,2
Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state —
1Ch 27:27
The vintage or ingathering of
Was a time of great rejoicing. — Isa 16:10
Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed. — Le 26:5
Failure in, occasioned great grief. — Isa 16:9,10
Of red grapes particularly esteemed — Isa 27:2
The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies — Jer
48:32
The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c — De
28:39; Am 4:9
In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine — Isa 5:10;
Hag 1:9,11
The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of — Am 5:11;
Zep 1:13
The Rechabites forbidden to plant — Jer 35:7-9
Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste — Pr 24:30,31
Illustrative
Of the Jewish Church. — Isa 5:7; 27:2; Jer 12:10; Mt 21:23
(Failure of,) of severe calamities. — Isa 32:10
(Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect. — Isa 24:13
Visions
God often made known his will by — Ps 89:19
God especially made himself known to prophets by — Nu 12:6
Often accompanied
A representative of the divine person and glory. — Isa 6:1
An audible voice from heaven. — Ge 15:1; 1Sa 3:4,5
An appearance of angels. — Lu 1:22,11; 24:23; Ac 10:3
An appearance of human beings. — Ac 9:12; 16:9
Frequently difficult and perplexing to those who received them
— Da 7:15; 8:15; Ac 10:17
Often communicated
In the night season. — Ge 46:2; Da 2:19
In a trance. — Nu 24:16; Ac 11:5
Often recorded for the benefit of the people — Hab 2:2
Often multiplied for the benefit of the people — Ho 12:10
Mentioned in scripture
To Abraham. — Ge 15:1
To Jacob. — Ge 46:2
To Moses. — Ex 3:2,3; Ac 7:30-32
To Samuel. — 1Sa 3:2-15
To Nathan. — 2Sa 7:4,17
To Eliphaz. — Job 4:13-16
To Isaiah. — Isa 6:1-8
To Ezekiel (See chapters 10, 40-48 of Ezekiel). — Eze 1:4-14;
8:2-14; 11:24,25; 37:1-10
To Nebuchadnezzar. — Da 2:28; Da 4:5
To Daniel (See chapters 7, 8, and 10 of Daniel). — Da 2:19
To Amos. — Am 7:1-9; 8:1-6; 9:1
To Zechariah. — Zec 1:8; 3:1; 4:2; 5:2; 6:1
To Paul. — Ac 9:3,6; 16:9; 18:9; 22:18; 27:23; 2Ch 12:1-4
To Ananias. — Ac 9:10,11
To Cornelius. — Ac 10:3
To Peter. — Ac 10:9-17
To John (See also Rev chapters 4 – 22). — Re 1:12
Sometimes withheld for a long season — 1Sa 3:1
The withholding of a great calamity — Pr 29:18; La 2:9
False prophets pretended to have seen — Jer 14:14; 23:16
The prophets of God skilled in interpreting — 2Ch 26:5; Da
1:17
Vows
Solemn promises made to God — Ps 76:11
Were made in reference to
Devoting the person to God. — Nu 6:2
Dedicating children to God. — 1Sa 1:11
Devoting property to God. — Ge 28:22
Offering sacrifices. — Le 7:16; 22:18:22; Nu 15:3
Afflicting the soul. — Nu 30:13
To be voluntary — De 23:21,22
To be performed faithfully — Nu 30:2
To be performed without delay — De 23:21,23
Danger of inconsiderately making — Pr 20:25
Of children void without the consent of parents — Nu 30:3-5
Of married women void without consent of husbands — Nu
30:6-8,10-13
Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding — Nu
30:9
Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making — Nu
30:14,15
Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation — Le
27:1-8,11-23
Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed — Le 27:9,10
Recorded in scripture
Of Jacob. — Ge 28:20-22; 31:13
Of Israelites. — Nu 21:2
Of Jephthah. — Jdj 11:30,31
Of Hannah. — 1Sa 1:1
Of Elkanah. — 1Sa 1:24
Of David. — Ps 132:2-5
Of mariners who cast out Jonah. — Jon 1:16
Of Jonah. — Jon 2:9
Of Lemuel’s mother. — Pr 31:1,2
Of Paul. — Ac 18:18
Of certain Jews with Paul. — Ac 21:23,24,26
All things dedicated by, to be brought to the tabernacle — De
12:6,11,17,18,26
Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God — Le 22:23; Mal
1:14
The hire of a prostitute or price of a dog could not be the
subject of — De 23:18