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3101 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.3 (Matthew Henry)
… flourishing of a godly man is like that of a fruitful tree ( Psalms 1:3 ), but that of the wicked man is like grass and herbs, which are very short-lived. (1.) They will …
3102 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.11 (Matthew Henry)
… of them, of all they do and of all that happens to them. He keeps account of the days of their service, and not one day’s work shall go unrewarded, and of the days …
3103 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.29 (Matthew Henry)
… of life to all evil. (1.) Some instances of the remarkable ruin of wicked people David had himself observed in this world—that the pomp and prosperity of sinners …
3104 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 530.23 (Matthew Henry)
… -trees; therefore he prays, “ Lord, open my life, put my heart in tune for praise again.” To those that are tongue-tied by reason of guilt the assurance of the forgiveness …
3105 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 531.8 (Matthew Henry)
… olive-trees? 1. We must live a life of faith and holy confidence in God and his grace? “I see what comes of men’s trusting in the abundance of their riches, and therefore …
3106 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 552.8 (Matthew Henry)
… deal of this life in their hands, but nothing of the other life in their hearts. They are ungodly, live without the fear and worship of God, and yet they prosper …
3107 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 557.19 (Matthew Henry)
… their trees, especially their vines, the weakest of trees ( Psalms 78:47 ), and their cattle, especially their flocks of sheep, the weakest of their cattle, which …
3108 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 571.8 (Matthew Henry)
… . The trees of righteousness do not grow of themselves; they are planted, not in common soil, but in paradise, in the house of the Lord. Trees are not usually planted …
3109 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 605.2 (Matthew Henry)
… of their sacred interests, and the reviving of the public exercise of their religion, were the most valuable advantages of their return out of captivity …
3110 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 632.25 (Matthew Henry)
… happiness of paradise ( Proverbs 3:18 ): She is a tree of life. True grace is that to the soul which the tree of life would have been, from which our first parents were …
3111 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 633.21 (Matthew Henry)
… much of the words of wisdom is because they will be both food and physic to us, like the tree of life, Revelation 22:2, 47:12. Those that seek and find them, find and …
3112 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 633.22 (Matthew Henry)
… out of it are the issues of life. Out of a heart well kept will flow living issues, good products, to the glory of God and the edification of others. Or, in general …
3113 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 639.31 (Matthew Henry)
… his life, and secure to him life enough in this world and eternal life in the other; the fear of the Lord will add days more than was expected, will add them endlessly …
3114 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 640.32 (Matthew Henry)
… fruits of that tree, precious and useful, contributing to the support and nourishment of the spiritual life in many; they are the ornaments of paradise, God’s …
3115 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 642.15 (Matthew Henry)
… sort of paradise, a garden of pleasure, for it is a tree of life. It will aggravate the eternal misery of the wicked that their hopes will be frustrated; and it …
3116 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 644.4 (Matthew Henry)
… healing of the tongue, which is a tree of life, the leaves of which have a sanative virtue, Revelation 22:2. He that knows how to discourse will make the place he …
3117 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 666.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the tree before it is ripe than that which is left to hang on till it is rotten. Job, in his passion, thinks the condition of an untimely birth better than his when …
3118 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 672.7 (Matthew Henry)
… almond-tree flourishes. The old man’s hair has grown white, so that his head looks like an almond-tree in the blossom. The almond-tree blossoms before any other …
3119 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 674.5 (Matthew Henry)
… peace of conscience is sweet, assurances of God’s love, joys of the Holy Ghost, the hopes of eternal life, and the present earnests and foretastes of it are sweet …
3120 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 675.13 (Matthew Henry)
… band of gentlemen-pensioners; they are of the valiant of Israel, and a great many bold and brave men David’s reign had produced. The life-guard men are well armed …