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2421 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 19.30 (Matthew Henry)
… in Sodom. Suppose there be fifty, Genesis 18:24. (2.) He advanced upon God’s concessions, again and again. As God granted much, he still begged more, with the hope of …
2422 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 19.32 (Matthew Henry)
… yet Sodom was not spared, because there were not ten righteous in it. We cannot expect too little from man nor too much from God.
2423 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.1 (Matthew Henry)
… of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, and delivered just Lot.” It is the history of Sodom’s ruin, and Lot’s rescue from that ruin …
2424 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.2 (Matthew Henry)
These angels, it is likely, were two of the three that had just before been with Abraham, the two created angels that were sent to execute God’s purpose concerning Sodom.
2425 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.3 (Matthew Henry)
… of Sodom, and partly because he was desirous of their company and converse. He had not seen two such honest faces in Sodom this great while. Note, Those that live …
2426 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.4 (Matthew Henry)
Now it appeared, beyond contradiction, that the cry of Sodom was no louder than there was cause for. This night’s work was enough to fill the measure. For we find here,
2427 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.6 (Matthew Henry)
… as Sodom, Isaiah 3:9. Note, Those that have become impudent in sin generally prove impenitent in sin; and it will be their ruin. Those have hard hearts indeed that …
2428 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.7 (Matthew Henry)
… what Sodom’s character was and what course must be taken with it, and therefore the angels immediately give a specimen of what they further intended. 1. They …
2429 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.9 (Matthew Henry)
… of Sodom’s ruin: We will destroy this place, Genesis 19:13. Note, The holy angels are ministers of God’s wrath for the destruction of sinners, as well as of his …
2430 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.12 (Matthew Henry)
… of Sodom, Genesis 19:16. It seems, though he did not make a jest of the warning given, as his sons-in-law did, yet he lingered, he trifled, he did not make so much haste …
2431 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.13 (Matthew Henry)
… after Sodom: Look not behind thee. He must not loiter by the way: Stay not in the plain; for it would all be made one dead sea. He must not take up short of the place …
2432 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.14 (Matthew Henry)
… . (2.) Sodom’s ruin was suspended till he was safe: I cannot do any thing till thou shalt have come thither. Note, The very presence of good men in a place helps to keep …
2433 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.16 (Matthew Henry)
… , as Sodom did, with fire and brimstone. Let us learn from it, (1.) The evil of sin, and the hurtful nature of it. Iniquity tends to ruin. (2.) The terrors of the Lord. See what …
2434 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.17 (Matthew Henry)
… of Sodom the wicked are warned to turn from their wickedness, so by the example of Lot’s wife the righteous are warned not to turn from their righteousness …
2435 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.18 (Matthew Henry)
… whether Sodom would be destroyed, and thought she might still have been safe in it. 3. She looked back upon her neighbours whom she had left behind with more …
2436 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.19 (Matthew Henry)
… of Sodom, yet God did not connive at her disobedience; for great privileges will not secure us from the wrath of God if we do not carefully and faithfully improve …
2437 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.20 (Matthew Henry)
… concerning Sodom, as before in the consultation concerning it, for communion with God is to be kept up in providences as well as in ordinances.
2438 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.21 (Matthew Henry)
… (like Sodom’s here), will say again and again, Alleluia, Revelation 19:3. Those that have, in the day of grace, most earnestly interceded for sinners, will, in the …
2439 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.22 (Matthew Henry)
… for Sodom, he heard him for Lot. He remembered Abraham, and, for his sake, sent Lot out of the overthrow. Note, 1. God will certainly give an answer of peace to the prayer …
2440 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 20.23 (Matthew Henry)
… as Sodom, and therefore concluded it could not long survive it; or perhaps he observed the rise and increase of those waters which after the conflagration …