Nave's Topical Bible

FAITH

• GENERAL REFERENCES
  2Samuel 22:31; Psalms 2:12; 5:11; 7:1; 9:9,10; 18:30; 32:10; 33:18,19; 34:1-8,22; 36:7; 40:4; 64:10; 78:5-7; 84:5,12; 112:5,7,8; 118:8,9; 125:1; 147:11; Proverbs 3:5; 14:26; 22:19; 28:25; 29:25; 30:5; Isaiah 10:20; 14:32; 26:3; 30:15; 57:13; Jeremiah 17:7,8; 39:18; Nahum 1:7; Matthew 9:22; 21:21,22; Mark 9:23,24; 11:23,24; Luke 7:50; 8:48-50; 17:5; 18:8; John 11:25-27; Acts 3:16; 13:48; 26:18; Romans 1:16,17; 4:1-25; 5:1; 9:31-33; 10:6-10; 11:20,23; 15:13; 1Corinthians 1:21; 2:5; 12:8,9; 2Corinthians 1:24; Galatians 3:1-29; 5:22; Ephesians 2:8; 6:16; Colossians 1:23; 2:12; 1Thessalonians 2:13; 5:8; 2Thessalonians 2:13; 1Timothy 1:5,19; 2:15; 4:10; 6:11,12,17; 2Timothy 4:7,8; Hebrews 4:1-11; 6:1,7,12,18; 10:35,38,39; 11:1-39; 13:5,6; James 1:6; 2:1-26; 1Peter 1:5,7,9,21; 3:5; 1John 3:21; 5:4; Revelation 22:7

  • See FAITH IN CHRIST

• ENJOINED
  Exodus 14:13; Numbers 21:34; Deuteronomy 1:21-31; 3:2,22; 7:17-21; 20:1; 31:6-8,23; Joshua 1:5-9; 10:25; Judges 6:14-16; 2Kings 19:6,7; 2Chronicles 15:7; 16:9; 20:15,17,20; 32:7,8; Nehemiah 4:14; Job 35:14; Psalms 4:5; 27:14; 31:19,24; 37:3,5,7,39,40; 55:22; 62:8; 115:9,11; 130:7; Proverbs 3:5,6,24-26; 16:3; Isaiah 26:4,20; 35:3,4; 37:6; 41:10,13,14; 43:1,2,5,10; 44:2,8; 50:10; Jeremiah 42:11; 49:11; Joel 2:21; 3:16; Habakkuk 2:3,4; Zephaniah 3:16,17; Zechariah 8:9; 9:12; Matthew 6:25-34; 17:18-20; Mark 1:15; 11:22-24; Luke 12:22-32; 17:6
  
  

• EXEMPLIFIED
  Genesis 6:22; 16:13; 24:7,40; 48:21; 50:20,24; Exodus 15:1-19; 18:11; Numbers 10:29; 14:8,9; Joshua 14:12; 1Samuel 14:6; 17:36,37,45-47; 2Samuel 7:28; 22:2-5; 23:5; 2Kings 18:5; 1Chronicles 28:20; 2Chronicles 13:10,11; 14:11; 20:12; 32:7,8; Ezra 8:22; Nehemiah 1:8-10; 2:20; Job 4:7-21; 5:8,9; 10:12; 13:15; 14:15; 16:19; 19:25-27; 23:6; 42:2; Psalms 3:3,5,6; 4:3,8; 6:8,9; 7:1,10; 9:3,4; 11:1; 13:5; 16:1,2,5,8,11; 17:6; 18:1-3,18,28,29; 20:5-7; 21:7; 22:4,5; 23:1-6; 25:1,2,5,15,20; 26:1,12; 27:1,5,6,10; 28:7; 31:1,3-6,14,15; 32:7; 33:20-22; 35:10; 38:9; 39:7; 40:3,4,17; 41:12; 42:5,6,8; 43:5; 44:5,8; 46:1-3,5,7; 47:3,4; 48:8,14; 52:8; 54:4; 55:16,17,23; 56:3,4,8,9,11; 57:1-3; 59:9,10,17; 60:9,10,12; 61:2,4,6,7; 62:1,5-7; 63:6,7; 66:9; 67:6; 69:19,35,36; 70:5; 71:1,3,5-7,14,16,20,21; 73:23,24,26,28; 74:12; 77:10-12; 86:2,7; 89:18,26; 90:1; 91:1,2,9,10; 92:10,15; 94:14,15,17,18,22; 102:13; 108:10-13; 115:12-14; 116:7; 118:6,7,10,14,17; 119:42,43,57,74,81,114,151,166; 121:2; 124:8; 130:5,6; 138:7,8; 140:6,7,12; 141:8; 142:3,5; 143:8,9; 144:2,10; Ecclesiastes 11:1; Isaiah 8:10,17; 12:2; 25:9; 26:1,8; 33:2,22; 38:16; 50:7-9; 63:16; 64:8; Jeremiah 10:23; 14:9,22; 16:19; 17:12,17; 20:11; Lamentations 3:24-32; Daniel 3:16,17; 6:16; Jonah 2:2-9; Micah 7:7-9,20; Habakkuk 1:12; 3:17-19; Zephaniah 3:12; Luke 1:38; 7:50; John 3:33; Acts 16:34; 24:14,15; 27:25; Romans 8:18,28,38,39; 15:29; 1Corinthians 9:26; 2Corinthians 1:10; 4:8,9,13,16-18; 5:7; Galatians 5:5; Philippians 1:19-21; 1Timothy 4:10; 2Timothy 1:12; 2:11-13; Hebrews 10:34; 11:4,5,7-11,13,14,16-39; 13:14; 2Peter 3:13; 1John 4:16
  
  

• INSTANCES OF:

  • Noah, in building the ark
    Genesis 6:14-22; Hebrews 11:7

  • Abraham:

    • In forsaking the land of his nativity at the Command of God
      Genesis 12:1-4

    • Believing the promise of many descendants
      Genesis 12:7; 15:4-8

    • In the offering up of Isaac
      Genesis 22:1-10; Romans 4:18-21; Hebrews 11:8-19

  • Jacob, in blessing Joseph's sons
    Hebrews 11:21

  • Joseph, concerning God's providence in his being sold into Egypt, and the final deliverance of Israel
    Genesis 50:20; Hebrews 11:22

  • Jochebed, in caring for Moses
    Exodus 2:2; Hebrews 11:23

  • Pharaoh's servants, who obeyed the Lord
    Exodus 9:20

  • Moses:

    • In espousing the cause of his people
      Hebrews 11:24-28

    • At the death of Korah
      Numbers 16:28,29

    • See MIRACLES

  • The Israelites

    • When Aaron declared the mission of himself and Moses
      Exodus 4:31

    • In the battle with the
      Canaanites 1Chronicles 5:20

    • And other conquests
      2Chronicles 13:8-18

  • Caleb, in advising to take the land of promise
    Numbers 13:30; 14:6-9

  • Rahab, in hospitality to the spies
    Joshua 2:9,11; Hebrews 11:31

  • The spies, sent to reconnoiter Jericho
    Joshua 2:24

  • Conquest of Jericho
    Joshua 6

  • Manoah's wife
    Judges 13:23

  • Hannah
    1Samuel 1

  • Jonathan, in stricking down the Philistines
    1Samuel 14:6

  • David:

    • In striking down Goliath
      1Samuel 17:37,46,47

    • In choosing to fall into hands of the Almighty for punishment for counting Israel
      2Samuel 24:14

    • In believing God's promise, that his kingdom would be a Perpetual kingdom
      Acts 2:30

  • Elijah, in his controversy with the priest of Baal
    1Kings 18:32-38

  • Widow of Zarephath in feeding Elijah
    1Kings 17:13-15

  • Amaziah, in dismissing the Ephraimites in obedience to the command of God, and going alone to battle against the Edomites
    2Chronicles 25:7-10

  • Hezekiah
    2Kings 18:5; 19; 20:1-11

  • Daniel, in the lions' den
    Daniel 6

  • The three Hebrews, who refused to worship Nebuchadnezzars Idol
    Daniel 3:13-27

  • Ninevites, in obeying Jonah
    Jonah 3:5

  • Ezra, in making the journey from Babylon to Jerusalem without a military escort
    Ezra 8:22

  • Joseph, in obeying the vision about Mary and to flee into Egypt
    Matthew 1:18-24; 2:13,14

  • Abel
    Hebrews 11:4

  • Eliphaz, in the overruling providence of God, that afflictions are for the good of the righteous
    Job 5:6-27

  • Mordecai, in the deliverance of the Jews
    Esther 4:14

  • Simeon, when he saw Jesus in the temple courtyard
    Luke 2:25-35

  • Conquests by
    Hebrews 11:32-34
    
    

• IN CHRIST
  Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 7:24,25; 8:2,13; 9:22,29; 11:6,28-30; 14:27; 15:28; 17:7; Mark 5:36; 9:23; 16:16; Luke 6:46-49; 7:9,50; 8:50; 17:6; 18:42; John 1:12; 3:14-16,18,36; 5:24; 6:20,29,35,45,47; 7:38; 9:35; 11:25,26,40; 12:36,44,46; 13:7,20; 14:1,11,12; 16:27,33; 18:37; 20:27,29,31; Acts 3:16; 10:43; 15:9,11; 16:31; 20:21; 26:18; Romans 3:22-28; 9:33; 10:4,9; Galatians 2:16; 3:1-29; 5:6; Ephesians 1:12-14; 3:12,17; 4:13; Philippians 3:9; Colossians 2:7; 1Timothy 1:16; 2Timothy 1:13; 2:1; 3:15; Hebrews 4:16; 6:19; 10:22; 12:2; 13:7; 1Peter 1:8; 2:6,7; 2Peter 1:1; 1John 3:23; 5:4,5,10,13,14; Jude 1:21; Revelation 1:17; 3:18, 20
  
  

• IN CHRIST, EXEMPLIFIED
  Matthew 8:2,5-10; 9:18,21,28; 14:33; 15:26-28; 16:16; Mark 5:28; 7:27-30; 9:24; Luke 5:5; 7:3-9; 23:42; John 4:29,42; 6:14,68,69; 7:31; 9:38; 10:41,42; 11:21,22,27,32; 16:30; 20:28; Acts 8:37; 11:17; Romans 7:24,25; 8:35,37; 2Corinthians 12:9,10; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 4:13; 1Timothy 1:14; 2Timothy 1:12; 4:18
  
  

• INSTANCES OF FAITH IN CHRIST:

  • The wise men from the east
    Matthew 2:1,2,11

  • Peter
    Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:4,5; John 6:68,69

  • Andrew
    Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; John 1:41

  • James and John
    Matthew 4:21,22; Mark 1:19,20

  • The woman with the issue of blood
    Matthew 9:21,22

  • Jairus, for the healing of his daughter
    Matthew 9:18,23-25

  • Two blind men
    Matthew 9:29,30

  • Blind Bartimaeus and a fellow blind man
    Matthew 20:30-34; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-42

  • The Samaritan leper
    Luke 17:11-19

  • The sick people of Gennesaret
    Matthew 14:36; Mark 3:10; 6:54-56

  • Those who brought the paralyzed man to Jesus
    Luke 5:18-20

  • The Syrophoenician woman
    Matthew 15:22-28; Mark 7:25-30

  • The woman who anointed Jesus' feet
    Luke 7:36-50

  • Those who brought those who were sick with palsy
    Matthew 9:2

  • Philip
    John 1:45,46

  • Nathaniel
    John 1:49

  • The Samaritans, who believed:

    • Through the preaching of Jesus
      John 4:39-42

    • Through the preaching of Philip
      Acts 8:9-12

  • The nobleman whose child was sick
    John 4:46-53

  • Abraham
    John 8:56

  • The blind man whom Jesus healed on the Sabbath
    John 9:13-38

  • Mary, the sister of Martha
    Luke 10:38-42; John 11:32

  • John the disciple
    John 20:8

  • The disciples, through the miracle at Cana of Galilee
    John 2:11

  • Jews at Jerusalem
    John 2:23; 8:30; 11:45; 12:11

  • About three-thousand people on the day of Pentecost
    Acts 2:41

  • About five-thousand people
    Acts 4:4

  • Multitudes
    Acts 5:14

  • The crippled man at Lystra
    Acts 14:9

  • Stephen
    Acts 6:8

  • The Ethiopian eunuch
    Acts 8:37

  • The people of Lydda and Sharon
    Acts 9:35

  • The people of Joppa
    Acts 9:42

  • The people of Antioch
    Acts 11:21-24

  • Barnabas
    Acts 11:24

  • Eunice, Lois, and Timothy
    2Timothy 1:5; Acts 16:1

  • Lydia
    Acts 16:14

  • The Philippian jailor
    Acts 16:31-34

  • Crisps
    Acts 18:8

  • The Corinthians
    Acts 18:8; 1Corinthians 15:11

  • Jews at Rome
    Acts 28:24

  • Ephesians
    Ephesians 1:13,15

  • Colossians
    Colossians 1:2,4

  • Thessalonians
    1Thessalonians 1:6; 3:6-8; 2Thessalonians 1:3,4

  • Philemon
    Philemon 1:5

  • The congregation at Thyatira
    Revelation 2:19
    
    

• TRIAL OF
  1Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 26:2; 81:7; Matthew 13:19-22; 24:21-25; Luke 8:13,14; 2Thessalonians 1:3-5; Hebrews 6:13-15; James 1:3,12; 1Peter 1:7

  • See TEMPTATION
    
    

• INSTANCES OF TRIAL OF FAITH:

  • Noah
    Genesis 6:14-22; Hebrews 11:7

  • Abraham:

    • When commanded to leave his native land and to go Where he did not know
      Genesis 12:1-4; Hebrews 11:8

    • When commanded to offer Isaac
      Genesis 22:1-19; Hebrews 11:17-19

  • Moses:

    • When sent to Pharaoh
      Exodus 3:11,12; 4:10-17; Hebrews 11:25-29

    • Moses, at the Red Sea, by the complaints of the people
      Exodus 14; 15

  • Joshua and the people of Israel, in the method of taking Jericho
    Joshua 6; Hebrews 11:30

  • Gideon, when commanded to deliver Israel
    Judges 6:36-40; 7; Hebrews 11:32

  • Job, by affliction and adversity
    Job 1; 2

  • Ezra, in leaving Babylon without a military escort
    Ezra 8:22

  • Daniel, when forbidden to pray to Jehovah
    Daniel 6:4-23; Hebrews 11:32,33

  • The three Hebrews, when commanded to worship the image
    Daniel 3:8-30; Hebrews 11:32-34

  • The Syrophoenician woman
    Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30

  • The two blind men who appealed to Jesus for sight
    Matthew 9:28

  • The disciples, when Jesus came walking upon the Sea of Galilee
    Matthew 14:25-33

  • The disciples:

    • By the question of Jesus, as to who he was
      Matthew 16:15-20; Luke 9:20,21

    • By their inability to cast out the evil spirit from the Epileptic boy
      Matthew 17:14-21; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-42

    • In the tempest at sea
      Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:36-41; Luke 8:22-26

  • Of Philip, when questioned by Jesus as to how the multitude Would be fed
    John 6:5,6

  • Of Peter, when asked whether he loved Jesus
    John 21:16,17

    • See AFFLICTION, DESIGN OF
      
      

• STRENGTHENED BY MIRACLES

  • See MIRACLES, DESIGN OF
    
    

• SUM TOTAL OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND LIFE
  Romans 1:8; Jude 1:3
  
  

• WEAK

  • See DOUBTING