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3950 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 3.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of this relation, which is so near and so lasting. That had need to be well done, which is to be done for life. Our first parents needed no clothes for …
3951 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 13.2 (Matthew Henry)
… made choice of Abram, and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, that he might reserve a people for himself, among whom his true worship might be maintained …
3952 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 14.1 (Matthew Henry)
Abram returns out of Egypt with great riches. (1-4) Strife between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. Abram gives Lot his choice of the country. (5-9) Lot chooses to dwell at Sodom. (10-13) God renews his promise to Abram, who removes to Hebron. (14-18)
3953 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 14.4 (Matthew Henry)
… our choices this principle should rule, That is best for us, which is best for our souls. Lot little considered the badness of the inhabitants. The men of Sodom …
3954 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 15.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice made by our lusts, should end to our comfort. They took Lot’s goods; it is just with God to deprive us of enjoyments, by which we suffer ourselves to …
3955 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 25.4 (Matthew Henry)
… of choice, contrivance, or chance, are "appointed out" of God. This hinders not, but rather encourages the use of all proper means. They freely and cheerfully close …
3956 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 28.5 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of their own affections, rather than the Divine will, get themselves into perplexity. But he soon recovers, and confirms the blessing he had given …
3957 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 30.4 (Matthew Henry)
… . The choice of that relation ought to be made with good advice and thought on both sides. There is reason to believe that Laban’s excuse was not true. His way …
3958 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 39.2 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice is of grace and not of merit, and that Christ came into the world to save sinners, even the chief. Also, that the worthiness of Christ is of himself, and …
3959 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 55.3 (Matthew Henry)
… makes choice of those as his messengers, who have the least of the advantages of art or nature, that his grace in them may appear the more glorious. Christ’s …
3960 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 69.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of the persons admitted into such a trust. They should be men of good sense, that understood business, and that would not be daunted by frowns or clamours …