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Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• 1 Kings 12:13 OT

  The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

• 1 Kings 20:7 OT

  Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him.”

• 1 Kings 20:8 OT

  All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, and don’t consent.”

• 2 Kings 23:1 OT

  The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 34:29 OT

  Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 34:31 OT

  The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that…

• Ezra 9:1 OT

  Now when these things were done, the princes came near to me, saying, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, following their abominations, even those of the…

• Ezra 10:8-14 OT

  and that whoever didn’t come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity. Then all the men of Judah and…

• Matthew 15:2 NT

  “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

• Matthew 15:7-9 NT

  You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’…

• Mark 7:1-3 NT

  Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault. (For the Pharisees and all the…

• Jeremiah 26:10-24 OT

  When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to Yahweh’s house; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Yahweh’s house. Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people,…

• Matthew 21:23 NT

  When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

• Matthew 26:3-5 NT

  Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him. But they…

• Matthew 26:57-68 NT

  Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers,…

• Matthew 27:1 NT

  Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

• Matthew 27:2 NT

  and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

• Mark 8:31 NT

  He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

• Mark 14:43-65 NT

  Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came—and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever…

• Mark 15:1 NT

  Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

• Luke 22:52-71 NT

  Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn’t stretch out your hands…

• Acts 4:1-21 NT

  As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them, being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. They laid hands on them, and put them…

• Acts 6:9-15 NT

  But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen. They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by…

• Acts 7:1-59 NT

  The high priest said, “Are these things so?” He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from…