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4101 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 552.27 (Matthew Henry)
… our choice and desire before any other. [1.] “ There is none in heaven but thee, none to seek to or trust in, none to court or covet acquaintance with, but thee.” God is …
4102 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 557.23 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice became the generation of his wrath. Presumptuous sins, idolatries especially, render even Israelites odious to God’s holiness and obnoxious …
4103 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 559.6 (Matthew Henry)
… a choice and noble vine; we have reason to acknowledge the goodness of God that he has planted such a vine in the wilderness of this world, and preserved it to …
4104 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 563.9 (Matthew Henry)
… his choice, Psalms 84:10. A very great regard he had for holy ordinances: he valued them above any thing else, and he expresses his value for them, (1.) By preferring …
4105 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 568.2 (Matthew Henry)
… own choice, so he is not unrighteous to cast off one that served him. Two things encourage the psalmist to build his faith on this covenant:—[1.] The ratification …
4106 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 568.15 (Matthew Henry)
… . The choice made of the person to whom the promise is given, Psalms 89:19, 89:20. David was a king of God’s own choosing, so is Christ, and therefore both are called …
4107 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 …
4108 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 …
4109 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 …
4110 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 …
4111 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 …
4112 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 …
4113 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 …
4114 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 …
4115 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 …
4116 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 …
4117 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.
4118 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 …
4119 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 …
4120 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.