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381 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 456.15 (Matthew Henry)

… stand the last, or at the latter day, upon (or above) the earth. He shall be raised up, or, He shall be, at the latter day, (that is, in the fulness of time: the gospel day is …

382 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 457.1 (Matthew Henry)

… , the very same that Bildad was large upon ( Job 18:1-18:21 ), the certain misery of wicked people and the ruin that awaits them. 1. He asserts, in general, that the prosperity …

383 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 457.16 (Matthew Henry)

… to the right owners: God shall cast them out of his belly, while yet the love of the sin is not cast out of his heart. So loud shall the clamours of the poor, whom he …

384 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 457.22 (Matthew Henry)

… , when the day of God’s wrath comes, for which, all the while his estate was in the getting by fraud and oppression, he was treasuring up wrath.

385 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 458.5 (Matthew Henry)

… , 1 Samuel 25:6. Nay, (2.) They become old; they have the honour, satisfaction, and advantage of living long, long enough to raise their families and estates. We read …

386 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 458.7 (Matthew Henry)

killing wounds of God’s sword or arrows that they do not feel the smart of so much as the rod of God upon them. [3.] They are rich and thrive in their estates. Of …

387 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 459.17 (Matthew Henry)

1. That his estate should prosper, and temporal blessings should be bestowed abundantly on him; for godliness has the promise of the life that now is. It is promised,

388 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 461.4 (Matthew Henry)

… under the sun, wickedness in the place of judgment ( Ecclesiastes 3:16 ), the unregarded tears of the oppressed, while on the side of the oppressors there was power …

389 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 464.16 (Matthew Henry)

… by the sword, first or last), or by the sword of justice for their crimes, or the sword of the murderer for their estates. (2.) Others of them shall die by famine ( Job …

390 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 464.17 (Matthew Henry)

… which the wicked man came dishonestly by. The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just, Proverbs 13:22. God disposes of men’s estates as he pleases, and often …

391 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 466.4 (Matthew Henry)

… mouths; the want of either is a great affliction. 1. He had a numerous offspring to enjoy his estate: My children were about me. He had many children, enough to compass …

392 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 466.8 (Matthew Henry)

… by the interest he had in the esteem, affections, and prayers, of sober people; not by the studied panegyrics of the wits and poets, but the unconstrained praises …

393 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 466.9 (Matthew Henry)

… by the care he took of those that were least able to help themselves, the poor and the needy, the widows and fatherless, the blind and the lame, who could not be …

394 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 466.15 (Matthew Henry)

… with the fatness of the earth, so also with the kind influences of heaven too; for the dew lay all night upon his branch. Providence favoured him, and made all …

395 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 467.16 (Matthew Henry)

the one or the other for the crushing or oppressing of any. [2.] He thought he insulted over him ( Job 30:22 ): Thou lifted me up to the wind, as a feather or the chaff …

396 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 468.7 (Matthew Henry)

… to the estate, a blot to the owner; it spoils the beauty of both, and therefore is to be dreaded. Those that deal much in the world may perhaps have a blot come upon …

397 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 468.8 (Matthew Henry)

… all the poor remains of his estate upon the issue of the trial.

398 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 468.10 (Matthew Henry)

the sins of one with the sin of another, the adultery of the husband with the adultery of the wife, as in David’s case ( 2 Samuel 12:11 ), which does not in the least …

399 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 468.31 (Matthew Henry)

… caused the owners thereof to lose their life, never got an estate, as Ahab got Naboth’s vineyard, by killing the heir and seizing the inheritance, never starved …

400 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 471.15 (Matthew Henry)

… , estates, or families, and this for warning to their neighbours; the stroke is given in terrorem—as an alarm to others, and therefore is given in the open sight …