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401 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 475.7 (Matthew Henry)
… ), when the morning-stars sang together, the blessed angels (the first-born of the Father of light), who, in the morning of time, shone as brightly as the morning star …
402 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 479.17 (Matthew Henry)
… the extent of the divine providence to things that seem minute, as this of the exact number of a man’s cattle, as also of the harmony of providence, and the reference …
403 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 483.11 (Matthew Henry)
… was the increase of their corn and wine; all they desired was plenty of the wealth of this world, that they might enjoy abundance of the delights of sense. Thus …
404 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 493.5 (Matthew Henry)
(2.) The disgrace and debasement it puts upon the nature of man. Sinners are corrupt, quite degenerated from what man was in his innocent estate: They have become …
405 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 494.9 (Matthew Henry)
… of the law of justice or charity for the lender to share in the profit which the borrower makes of his money, any more than for the owner of the land to demand …
406 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 506.14 (Matthew Henry)
… or estate, for they breathe out cruelty; it is the blood, the precious blood, they thirst after.” Herein David was a type of Christ; for false witnesses rose up against …
407 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 509.8 (Matthew Henry)
… observed the hiding of God’s face, to be the cause of it. If God hide his face, a good man is certainly troubled, though no other calamity befal him; when the sun …
408 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 510.7 (Matthew Henry)
… regarding the low estate of they servant.” 2. He had observed the temper of his spirit and the workings of his heart under his afflictions: “ Thou hast known my …
409 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 510.14 (Matthew Henry)
… have the comfort of his goodness in their own bosoms, so they have the credit of it (and the credit of an estate goes far with some); it is wrought for them before …
410 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.11 (Matthew Henry)
… are the dead that die in the Lord; but undone, for ever undone, are the dead that die in their sins. The wicked are the enemies of the Lord; such those make themselves …
411 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.17 (Matthew Henry)
… , of the word and providence of God and the rules of wisdom for the right ordering of the conversation. Out of the abundance of a good heart will the mouth speak …
412 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.30 (Matthew Henry)
… to the great salvation of which the prophets enquired and searched diligently, 1 Peter 1:10 ) is of the Lord; it will be the Lord’s doing. The eternal salvation …
413 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 518.5 (Matthew Henry)
… , when the wicked is before me, in my thoughts. When he was contemplating the pride and power, the prosperity and flourishing estate, of evil-doers, he was tempted …
414 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 518.12 (Matthew Henry)
… .] For the proof of the vanity of man, as mortal, he here mentions three things, and shows the vanity of each of them, Psalms 39:6. First, The vanity of our joys and honours …
415 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 520.5 (Matthew Henry)
… in the resurrection of the just, but he shall be blessed upon the earth This branch of godliness, as much as any, has the promise of the life that now is and is usually …
416 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 528.10 (Matthew Henry)
… gold, 1 Peter 1:18, 1:19. The learned Dr. Hammond applies the Psalms 49:8, 49:9 expressly to Christ: “ The redemption of the soul shall be precious, shall be high-prized …
417 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 528.19 (Matthew Henry)
… an estate and family.” This is the sentiment of all the children of this world, that those do best for themselves that do most for their bodies, by heaping up riches …
418 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 531.4 (Matthew Henry)
… speaks the mischief which thy heart devises.” The more there is of craft and contrivance in any wickedness the more there is of the devil in it. 4. Affection to …
419 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 542.18 (Matthew Henry)
… estates shall be a habitation for wild beasts, Isaiah 34:14. Such as this will be the doom of Christ’s enemies, that oppose his kingdom and interest in the world …
420 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 557.4 (Matthew Henry)
… known, the fulfilling of the promises made to the obedient and the threatenings denounced against the disobedient. Let these be told to our children and …