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3961 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 637.5 (Matthew Henry)
… than choice gold, that is, 1. We must prefer religion before riches, and look upon it that, if we have the knowledge and fear of God in our hearts, we are really more …
3962 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 638.1 (Matthew Henry)
… our choice what we will do, Proverbs 9:12. II. Sin, under the character of a foolish woman, courts us to accept of her entertainment, and ( Proverbs 9:13-9:16 ) pretends …
3963 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 639.23 (Matthew Henry)
… as choice silver; they are sincere, freed from the dross of guile and evil design. God’s words are compared to silver purified ( Psalms 12:6 ), for they may be relied …
3964 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 641.8 (Matthew Henry)
… prudent choice of means to compass them. 2. The worst reproach is that which follows wickedness and an opposition to that which is good: He that is of a perverse …
3965 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 643.18 (Matthew Henry)
… foolish choice. 2. Wisdom is the honour of the wise: The prudent crown themselves with knowledge, they look upon it as their brightest ornament, and there is …
3966 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 646.3 (Matthew Henry)
… them choice. 2. It is God only that tries the hearts. Men may try their silver and gold with the fining-pot and the furnace, but they have no such way of trying one …
3967 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 647.6 (Matthew Henry)
… of choice enters into it when he might avoid it, and he will repent it when it is too late. 2. They expose themselves to correction: The fool’s mouth does, in effect …
3968 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 647.20 (Matthew Henry)
… of choice, and with delight, to him it will be life; and he that not only speaks amiss (which a good man may do through inadvertency), but loves to speak so ( Psalms …
3969 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 648.13 (Matthew Henry)
… a choice gift of God’s providence to a man—a wife that is prudent, in opposition to one that is contentious, Proverbs 18:13. For, though a wife that is continually …
3970 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 650.9 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice and his management, and disturbs his company. 2. What many a man is forced to do under such an affliction. He cannot keep up his authority. He finds it …
3971 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 651.28 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of a friend, that we come not under the sacred tie to any one whom it would be our folly to accommodate ourselves to. Thought we must be civil to all …
3972 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 656.7 (Matthew Henry)
… be choice of it. (1.) Because of the pleasure of it. There is a great deal of sweetness in conversing and consulting with a cordial friend. It is like ointment and …
3973 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 658.11 (Matthew Henry)
… , whether choice or refuse, corn or chaff, pertinent or impertinent, you shall have it all. 2. It is a piece of wisdom to be upon the reserve: A wise man will not utter …
3974 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 660.1 (Matthew Henry)
… the choice of a wife; she must be chaste and modest, diligent and frugal, dutiful to her husband, careful of her family, discreet in her discourse, and in the education …
3975 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 660.16 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice of a wife by it. There may be an impure deformed soul lodged in a comely and beautiful body; nay, many have been exposed by their beauty to such temptations …
3976 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 664.4 (Matthew Henry)
… own choice, should have praised their wisdom for but looking into the world and then retiring, as not liking it. I concluded that it is better with them than …
3977 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 672.2 (Matthew Henry)
… thy choice (so some), thy choice days, thy choosing days. “Begin in the beginning of thy days to remember him from whom thou hadst thy being, and go on according to …
3978 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 672.16 (Matthew Henry)
… was choice and exact in it; all he did was elaborate. (1.) He chose the most profitable way of preaching, by proverbs or short sentences, which would be more easily …
3979 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 677.17 (Matthew Henry)
… soul’s choice, my soul’s rest, my life, my joy, my all; this is he whom I desire to live and die with.”
3980 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 678.5 (Matthew Henry)
… her choice too well to change. Our communion with God is very much maintained and kept up by the frequent renewing of our covenant with him and rejoicing in …