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581 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 868.13 (Matthew Henry)
… power weakened, because he was said to be as a moth to them, he says that he will now be as a lion to them, not only to frighten them with his roaring, but to pull them …
582 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 873.7 (Matthew Henry)
… these sins; they sinned both in civil and religious matters, and in both they shall be punished. 1. They shall have no joy of their kings and of their government …
583 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 887.7 (Matthew Henry)
… another. Sin will soon make a great people small, will diminish the numerous, impoverish the plenteous, and weaken the courageous. [3.] By whom shall he arise ? He …
584 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 914.5 (Matthew Henry)
… a weakening of their hands in the work of God. Such as these could not sing ( Psalms 137:1-137:9 ) in their captivity, for they had forgotten thee, O Jerusalem ! and were …
585 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 929.21 (Matthew Henry)
… their sins, as it has weakened the hands of the godly in their godliness ( Psalms 73:13 ), so it has strengthened the hands of the wicked in their wickedness. Note …
586 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 935.54 (Matthew Henry)
… , or weaken the obligation of them; whoever does so, will find it is at his peril. Thus to vacate any of the ten commandments, is too bold a stroke for the jealous …
587 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 936.84 (Matthew Henry)
… be weakened by right reason, but it is by an active faith only that they can be overcome. Consider then,
588 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 939.25 (Matthew Henry)
… deforming, weakening, disquieting, wasting, killing, but, blessed be God, not incurable. [2.] Jesus Christ is the great Physician of souls. His curing of bodily diseases …
589 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 947.82 (Matthew Henry)
… the weakening of his title as the Son of God, and the King of Israel, and should have looked like a disowning of it himself. These immunities of the children are …
590 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 957.118 (Matthew Henry)
… least weakened or shocked; no, he was now by the eternal Spirit offering himself: nor as if there were any abatement of his Father’s love to him, or his to his Father …
591 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 961.9 (Matthew Henry)
… souls weakened by sin, and disabled for that which is good. The great healing day is the sabbath, and the healing place the synagogue; the healing power is that …
592 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 985.37 (Matthew Henry)
… not weakened by it in the least. But, when Christ cast out devils, he needed not do it by any compact with them, for he was stronger than they, and could do it by force …
593 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 991.3 (Matthew Henry)
… thereby weaken the bands and sadden the hearts of God’s people; for by them the offence comes, and it is no abatement of their guilt, nor will be any of their punishment …
594 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1010.79 (Matthew Henry)
… the weakening of the devil’s kingdom was done in the virtue of a Christ to come, and therefore is said to be done now. Christ, reconciling the world to God by the …
595 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1053.4 (Matthew Henry)
… sinful actions, according to the sinful dispositions. Unrighteousness is unto sin; the sinful acts confirm and strengthen the sinful habits; one sin begets …
596 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1061.27 (Matthew Henry)
… in sin or in trouble: or is made weak —his graces weakened, his comforts weakened, his resolutions weakened. Isa. made weak, that is, takes occasion to show his weakness …
597 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1073.20 (Matthew Henry)
… sin, and wound their own consciences.” Note, Christians should be very cautious of doing what may thus prejudice the consciences of others, and weaken their …
598 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1081.3 (Matthew Henry)
… his sin, and that their design was to reform, not to ruin him. Or thus: If his fall had weakened their love to him, that they could not take such satisfaction in him …
599 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1094.15 (Matthew Henry)
… of weakening the bond of duty upon him, did but the more strengthen and confirm it; and therefore, though he was dead to the law, yet it was only in order to his living …
600 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1121.7 (Matthew Henry)
… to weaken either our love to God or love to the brethren tends to defeat the end of the commandment: and surely the gospel, which obliges us to love our enemies …