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3941 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 570.11 (Matthew Henry)
… our choice of him, and then to live our life in him as our habitation, to converse with him, and delight in him, and depend upon him; and then it shall be our privilege …
3942 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 582.14 (Matthew Henry)
… more choice and valuable, and, though in its own nature withering, will last the longer for its being sheltered by the garden wall and the gardener’s care; but …
3943 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 588.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of Matthias, Acts 1:20. Those that mismanage their trusts will justly have their office taken from them and given to those that will approve themselves …
3944 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 591.4 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice to be under them, and he calls them an easy, a pleasant, yoke; it is his delight to be searching into and conversing with God’s commandments, by reading …
3945 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 598.14 (Matthew Henry)
… a choice mercy, because it is an opportunity of obeying God in this world, where there are so few that do glorify him; and this David had in his eye: “Not that I may …
3946 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 598.26 (Matthew Henry)
… deliberate choice; so David did: I have chosen the way of truth. Note, 1. The way of serious godliness is the way of truth; the principles it is founded on are principles …
3947 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 598.28 (Matthew Henry)
… their choice and rule are likely to adhere to it faithfully: “ I have stuck to thy testimonies with unchanged affection and an unshaken resolution, stuck to …
3948 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 598.95 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of our way in general and in the particular steps we take in that way, that we may not take a false way nor a false step in the right way. We are then truly …
3949 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 598.101 (Matthew Henry)
… made choice of them for my heritage; and will never take up with a portion in this life,” Psalms 17:14, 17:15. God’s testimonies are a heritage to all that have received …
3950 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 598.160 (Matthew Henry)
… deliberate choice: “ I have chosen thy precepts. I took them for my rule, not because I knew no other, but because, upon trial, I knew no better.” Those are good, and do …
3951 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 611.8 (Matthew Henry)
I. The choice God made of David’s house and Zion hill. Both were of divine appointment.
3952 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 611.9 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice by an oath, Psalms 132:11, 132:12. David, being a type of Christ, was made king with an oath: The Lord hath sworn and will not repent, will not turn from it …
3953 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 611.10 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice by the delight he took in it, Psalms 132:13, 132:14. He chose the Mount Zion which he loved ( Psalms 78:68 ); he chose it for the habitation of his ark, and said …
3954 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 611.11 (Matthew Henry)
II. The choice blessings God has in store for David’s house and Zion hill. Whom God chooses he will bless.
3955 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 625.2 (Matthew Henry)
… of choice, his earth which he has chosen for his portion, and on the things of which he has set his affections. He shall go to his own place. Or, rather, it is his earth …
3956 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 630.27 (Matthew Henry)
… their choice, so shall their doom be, Galatians 6:7, 6:8. Note, First, There is a natural tendency in sin to destruction, James 1:15. Sinners are certainly miserable …
3957 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 631.15 (Matthew Henry)
… , of choice, and with satisfaction,—when thou callest the practice of virtue, not a slavery and a task, but liberty and pleasure, and a life of serious godliness …
3958 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 631.19 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of our particular paths; observe the track, and go forth by the footsteps of the flock. Two reasons are here given why we should thus choose:—(1.) Because …
3959 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 634.13 (Matthew Henry)
… own choice, but because she is the wife that God in his providence appointed for him and he ought much more to be pleased with the divine appointment, pleased …
3960 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 636.8 (Matthew Henry)
… her choice of him for her companion; for how quickly had she found him whom she sought!