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31921 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 439.21 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of a perfect and upright man; for so he appears to be who, in the midst of such temptations, offends not in word, Proverbs 3:2, 17:3 .
31922 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 441.1 (Matthew Henry)
… on God himself, he had confirmed them in the bad opinion they had before conceived of him and his character. Now they set upon him with great fear. The dispute …
31923 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 441.8 (Matthew Henry)
… the character God had given of him. When he could not himself do this to God, but he still saw and said, Job is perfect and upright, then he endeavoured, by his friends …
31924 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 445.13 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of a perfect man. 2. On the other hand, if he were a wicked man and an evil-doer, God would not help him, but leave him to perish in his present distresses …
31925 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 446.1 (Matthew Henry)
… with God either in law or battle, Job 9:14-9:21. 2. He maintains his point, that we cannot judge of men’s character by their outward condition, Job 9:22-9:24. 3. He complains …
31926 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 447.15 (Matthew Henry)
… in God’s heart when we see frowns in his face and a rod in his hand. (3.) That, whatever was his character, his case at present was very uncomfortable, Job 10:15. [1.] If …
31927 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 449.1 (Matthew Henry)
… his character, Job 12:1-12:5. II. He contradicts and confronts what they had said of the destruction of wicked people in this world, showing that they often prosper …
31928 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 452.9 (Matthew Henry)
… against God ?” It was bad that his heart was carried away from God, but much worse that it was turned against God. But those that forsake God will soon break out …
31929 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 453.2 (Matthew Henry)
… same character. Those who are free in passing such censures must expect to have them retorted; it is easy, it is endless: but cui bono?--what good does it do ? It will …
31930 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 456.3 (Matthew Henry)
… bad character and laid to his charge things that he knew not. To an ingenuous mind reproach is a cutting thing. 4. They made themselves strange to him, were shy …
31931 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 456.13 (Matthew Henry)
… legible characters, so that he that runs may read it; and that it may not be left in loose papers, but put into a book; or, if that should perish, that it may be engraven …
31932 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 458.16 (Matthew Henry)
… men’s character by their outward condition.
31933 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 459.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the character God gave of him, Job 1:1-1:3 And yet,
31934 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 461.5 (Matthew Henry)
… . Their character is that they are as wild asses in the desert, untamed, untractable, unreasonable, Ishmael’s character ( Genesis 16:12 ), fierce and furious, and …
31935 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 461.11 (Matthew Henry)
… a character as is here given, yet both lived and died in the presence of all his brethren, as we are told, Genesis 16:12, 25:18 : Of these sinners here it is said, 1. That …
31936 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 461.12 (Matthew Henry)
… due character while he lived shall not spare him when he is dead; so that the womb that bore him, his own mother, shall forget him, that is, shall avoid making mention …
31937 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 465.16 (Matthew Henry)
… with God’s character of Job, Job 1:1. The fear of the Lord is the spring and summary of all religion. There is a slavish fear of God, springing from hard thoughts …
31938 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 466.7 (Matthew Henry)
… own character by observing what that is upon which we value ourselves. Job valued himself, not by the honour of his family, the great estate he had, his large …
31939 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 468.1 (Matthew Henry)
… of God’s wrath if he were guilty of those crimes. This protestation confirms God’s character of him, that there was none like him in the earth. Perhaps some …
31940 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 470.5 (Matthew Henry)
… men’s characters, nor pass a judgment on them, from one instance, or some few misplaced words, for in that we are not just. In many things we all offend, and therefore …