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31841 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 239.4 (Matthew Henry)
… a God of knowledge; he clearly and perfectly sees into the character of every person and the merits of every cause, and he gives knowledge and understanding …
31842 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 239.18 (Matthew Henry)
… . Their character was sacred and honourable, and obliged them, for their reputation-sake, to observe decorum. They were resident at the fountain-head both of …
31843 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 239.31 (Matthew Henry)
… their character and profession to preserve and advance the interests of his glory are false to their trust, and betray them. If God’s ministers be vicious …
31844 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 241.10 (Matthew Henry)
… bad character, was no great loss to Israel, but it was a dreadful judgment upon the house of Eli. The word which God had spoken was fulfilled in it ( 1 Samuel 2:34 …
31845 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 244.1 (Matthew Henry)
… that character. This chapter gives us all the account we have of him when he was in the prime of his time; for what we had before was in his childhood ( 1 Samuel 2 …
31846 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 253.16 (Matthew Henry)
… high character which the servant of Saul’s here gives of David ( 1 Samuel 16:18 ), that he was not only fit for his purpose as a comely person and skilful in playing …
31847 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 254.18 (Matthew Henry)
… to God concerning his humility and sincerity ( Psalms 17:3, 131:1 ) and at this time gave proofs of both, and yet could not escape this hard character from his own …
31848 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 259.16 (Matthew Henry)
… to God, and taken no notice of that, he would thereby have intimated some regret that men of that character should fall under his displeasure; but to call them …
31849 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 259.18 (Matthew Henry)
… Doeg’s character so well that he feared he would do some such mischief as this when he saw him at the sanctuary: I knew he would tell Saul. He calls him Doeg the …
31850 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 262.4 (Matthew Henry)
… this character. Yet indeed we all of us deserve to be so called when we come into the world, for man is born like the wild ass’s colt and foolishness is bound up …
31851 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 262.26 (Matthew Henry)
… present character as king), “but thou needest not look with so sharp and jealous an eye upon every one that affronts thee;” for all these storms that now ruffle …
31852 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 263.17 (Matthew Henry)
… true characters of all persons and actions and is inflexibly just to render to every man according to his work, and, by prayer, he desires he would do it. Herein …
31853 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 264.9 (Matthew Henry)
… his character. Being asked which way he had made his sally, he answered, Against the south of Judah, 1 Samuel 27:10. It was true he had invaded those countries that …
31854 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 269.12 (Matthew Henry)
… their character thence, as if every man must of necessity be a bad man that has done ill by us. Let the corrupt part of the memory be buried with the corrupt part …
31855 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 270.8 (Matthew Henry)
… what characters many of the tribes displayed at this time (as we find, 1 Chronicles 12:23 ): Wise men, mighty men, men of valour, expert in war, and not of double heart …
31856 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 275.18 (Matthew Henry)
… the character and condition of man are, it is very surprising and amazing that God should deal with him as he does. Man is a mean creature, and therefore under …
31857 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 281.2 (Matthew Henry)
… . Amnon’s character, we have reason to think, was bad in other things; if he had not forsaken God, he would never have been given up to these vile affections. Godly …
31858 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 282.5 (Matthew Henry)
… of God’s honour that he is a Judge of the widows, Psalms 68:5. God’s ear, no doubt, is more open to the cries of the afflicted, and his heart too, than that of the most …
31859 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 283.16 (Matthew Henry)
… his character as a man of courage, either, 1. As a penitent, submitting to the rod, and lying down under God’s correcting hand. Conscience now reminded him of his …
31860 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 284.5 (Matthew Henry)
… said, God hath forsaken him, presently it follows, Persecute and take him, Psalms 71:11. But it is the character of a base spirit thus to trample upon those that …