New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God

• Forbidden Ex. 23:32, 34:12; Dt. 7:2, 3, 13:6, 8; Josh. 23:6, 7; Judg. 2:2; Ezra 9:12; Pr. 1:10, 15; 2 Cor. 6:14-17; Eph. 5:11
• Lead to idolatry Ex. 34:15, 16; Num. 25:1-8; Dt. 7:4; Judg. 3:5-7; Rev. 2:20
• Have led to murder and human sacrifice Ps. 106:37, 38
• Provoke the anger of God Dt. 7:4, 31:16, 17; 2 Chr. 19:2; Ezra 9:13, 14; Ps. 106:29, 40; Isa. 2:6
• Provoke God to leave men to reap the fruits of them Josh. 23:12, 13; Judg. 2:1-3
• Are ensnaring Ex. 23:33; Num. 25:18; Dt. 12:30, 13:6; Ps. 106:36
• Are enslaving 2 Pet. 2:18, 19
• Are defiling Ezra 9:1, 2
• Are degrading Isa. 1:23
• Are ruinous to spiritual interest Pr. 29:24; Heb. 12:14, 15; 2 Pet. 3:17
• Are ruinous to moral character 1 Cor. 15:33
• Are a proof of folly Pr. 12:11
• Children who enter into, bring shame upon their parents Pr. 28:7
• Evil consequences of Pr. 28:19; Jer. 51:7
• The wicked are prone to Ps. 50:18; Jer. 2:25
• The wicked tempt saints to Neh. 6:2-4
• Sin of, to be confessed, deeply repented of, and forsaken Ezra 10:1-44
• Involve saints in their guiltiness 2 Jn. 1:9-11; Rev. 18:4
• Involve saints in their punishment Num. 16:26; Jer. 51:6; Rev. 18:4
• Unbecoming in those called saints 2 Chr. 19:2; 2 Cor. 6:14-16; Phil. 2:15
• Exhortations to shun all inducements to Pr. 1:10-15, 4:14, 15; 2 Pet. 3:17
• Exhortations to hate and avoid Pr. 14:7; Rom. 16:17; 1 Cor. 5:9-11; Eph. 5:6, 7; 1 Tim. 6:5; 2 Tim. 3:5
• A call to come out from Num. 16:26; Ezra 10:11; Jer. 51:6, 45; 2 Cor. 6:17; 2 Th. 3:6; Rev. 18:4
• Means of preservation from Pr. 2:10-20, 19:27
• Blessedness of avoiding Ps. 1:1
• Blessedness of forsaking Ezra 9:12; Pr. 9:6; 2 Cor. 6:17, 18
• Saints grieve to meet with, in their intercourse with the world Ps. 57:4, 120:5, 6; 2 Pet. 2:7, 8
• Saints grieve to witness in their brethren Gen. 26:35; Ezra 9:3, 10:6
• Saints hate and avoid Ps. 26:4, 5, 31:6, 101:7; Rev. 2:2
• Saints deprecate Gen. 49:6; Ps. 6:8, 15:4, 101:4, 7, 119:115, 139:19
• Saints are separate from Ex. 33:16; Ezra 6:21
• Saints should be circumspect when unintentionally thrown into Mt. 10:16; Col. 4:5; 1 Pet. 2:12
• Pious parents prohibit, to their children Gen. 28:1
• Persons in authority should denounce Ezra 10:9-11; Neh. 13:23-27
• Punishment of Num. 33:56; Dt. 7:4; Josh. 23:13; Judg. 2:3, 3:5-8; Ezra 9:7, 14; Ps. 106:41, 42; Rev. 2:16, 22, 23
• Exemplified
  • Solomon 1 Ki. 11:1-8
  • Rehoboam 1 Ki. 12:8, 9
  • Jehoshaphat 2 Chr. 18:3, 19:2, 20:35-37
  • Jehoram 2 Chr. 21:6
  • Ahaziah 2 Chr. 22:3-5
  • Israelites Ezra 9:1, 2
  • Israel Ezek. 44:7
  • Judas Iscariot Mt. 26:14-16
• Examples of avoiding
  • Man of God 1 Ki. 13:7-10
  • Nehemiah, &c Neh. 6:2-4, 10:29-31
  • David Ps. 101:4-7, 119:115
  • Jeremiah Jer. 15:17
  • Joseph of Arimathaea Lk. 23:51
  • Church of Ephesus Rev. 2:6
• Examples of forsaking
  • Israelites Num. 16:27; Ezra 6:21, 22, 10:3, 4, 16, 17
  • Sons of the Priests Ezra 10:18, 19
• Examples of the judgments of God against
  • Korah, &c Num. 16:32
  • Ahaziah 2 Chr. 22:7, 8
  • Judas Iscariot Acts 1:18