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32061 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 657.11 (Matthew Henry)
… better character, is in a better condition, has more comfort in himself, is a greater blessing to the world, and is worthy of much more honour and respect. It is …
32062 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 657.21 (Matthew Henry)
… Moses’s character of good magistrates, men fearing God and hating covetousness ( Exodus 18:21 ), not only not being covetous, but hating it, and shaking the hands …
32063 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 657.31 (Matthew Henry)
… . The character of a fool: He trusts to his own heart, to his own wisdom and counsels, his own strength and sufficiency, his own merit and righteousness, and the …
32064 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 659.2 (Matthew Henry)
… signifies God with me, the application of Immanuel, God with us. The word calls him God with us; faith appropriates this, and calls him “ God with me, who loved me …
32065 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 659.11 (Matthew Henry)
… black character commonly herd together, and irritate one another against their parents. A generation of vipers those are who curse their natural parents …
32066 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 659.21 (Matthew Henry)
… are characters that deserve respect. 2. To admire the wisdom and power of the Creator in the smallest and most despicable animals, in an ant as much as in an elephant …
32067 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 660.8 (Matthew Henry)
… of God: it is the same word that is used in the character of good judges ( Exodus 18:21 ), that they are able men, men qualified for the business to which they are called …
32068 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 660.12 (Matthew Henry)
… the character given of it, and whether she has money at command to pay for it. Many have undone themselves by buying without considering; but those who would …
32069 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 660.16 (Matthew Henry)
… her character is that she fears the Lord, Proverbs 31:30. With all those good qualities she lacks not that one thing needful; she is truly pious, and, in all she …
32070 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 663.12 (Matthew Henry)
… common character, to the common fate. The world, as it has been, is and will be constant in inconstancy; for God requires that which is past, that is, repeats what …
32071 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 663.18 (Matthew Henry)
… God (that is, the world of God) might manifest them, and discover them to themselves, and so appear to be quick and powerful, and a judge of men’s characters; and …
32072 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 666.18 (Matthew Henry)
… same character, red earth. Though a man could make himself master of all the treasures of kings and provinces, yet he is a man still, mean, mutable, and mortal, and …
32073 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 667.24 (Matthew Henry)
… for God, into any intemperate heats or passions, or any practices unbecoming thy character or dangerous to thy interests.” Note, There may be over-doing in well …
32074 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 667.27 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of just men that they do good; for the tree is known by its fruits. [2.] The best men, and those that do most good, yet cannot say that they are perfectly …
32075 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 668.11 (Matthew Henry)
… fear God, I say with all those, and those only, who fear before him .” Note, [1.] It is the character of God’s people that they fear God, have an awe of him upon their hearts …
32076 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 668.16 (Matthew Henry)
… the character, nor by consulting precedents can we know the practice of this court, nor what the judgment will be. [1.] Though a man be ever so industrious, thou …
32077 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 669.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the characters of the righteous and the wicked, which, in several instances, are set the one over-against the other, to show that, though all things come alike …
32078 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 670.16 (Matthew Henry)
… a character, which is solicitous for the public welfare, and prefers that before any private interests. Wisdom, virtue, and the fear of God, beneficence, and …
32079 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 673.17 (Matthew Henry)
… undoubted character of all true believers that their souls love Jesus Christ, which intimates both the sincerity and the strength of their love; they love …
32080 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 674.3 (Matthew Henry)
… their character, they shall be still owned as conformable to Christ. Grace in the soul is a lily among thorns; corruptions are thorns in the flesh ( 2 Corinthians …