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481 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 659.20 (Matthew Henry)
… of the pleasures of the table, will disturb all the company with his extravagant talk and the affronts he will put upon those about him. 3. An ill-natured, cross …
482 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 660.10 (Matthew Henry)
… , his estate, and good name, and all the concerns he left behind him. We read of kindness shown, not only to the living, but to the dead, Ruth 2:20. (4.) She adds to his reputation …
483 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 660.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the best of each at the best hand, and cheapest; she has a stock of both by her, and every thing that is necessary to the carrying on both of the woollen and the linen …
484 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 661.14 (Matthew Henry)
… . The heavens were of old; the earth abides for ever; the powers of nature and the links of natural causes are still the same that ever they were. In the kingdom …
485 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 661.17 (Matthew Henry)
… all the things that are done under the sun, that are done by the providence of God or by the art and prudence of man. He set himself to get all the insight he could …
486 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 662.24 (Matthew Henry)
… is the spring of action and the spur of industry; therefore men labour, because they hope to get by it; if the hope fail, the labour flags; and therefore Solomon …
487 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 662.26 (Matthew Henry)
… an estate well, for the ends for which we were entrusted with it, than how to raise or increase an estate. This is intimated Ecclesiastes 2:26; where those only …
488 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 663.4 (Matthew Henry)
II. The proof and illustration of it by the induction of particulars, twenty-eight in number, according to the days of the moon’s revolution, which is always …
489 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 663.9 (Matthew Henry)
… them, 1. For the benefit of others. All the good there is in them is to do good with them, to our families, to our neighbours, to the poor, to the public, to its civil and …
490 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 663.18 (Matthew Henry)
1. What he aims at in this account of man’s estate. (1.) That God may be honoured, may be justified, may be glorified— that they might clear God (so the margin reads it …
491 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 663.20 (Matthew Henry)
… making the best of it, and the reason is because none can give us a sight of what shall be after us, either who shall have our estates or what use they will make …
492 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 664.6 (Matthew Henry)
… all the rules of equity and fair dealing, yet for this he is envied of his neighbour, and the more for the reputation he has got by his honesty. This shows, 1. What …
493 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 665.1 (Matthew Henry)
… is the giver, as the best way both to answer the end of our having it and to obviate the mischiefs that commonly attend great estates, Ecclesiastes 5:18-5:20. So …
494 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 665.23 (Matthew Henry)
… and estate, merely on account of his vast and overgrown estate; so riches often take away the life of the owners thereof, Proverbs 1:19 .
495 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 666.8 (Matthew Henry)
… to the benefit done unto him, and serves not the Lord God his benefactor, with joyfulness and gladness of heart, in the abundance of all things. In the day of prosperity …
496 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 667.8 (Matthew Henry)
… to the temper of the climate. It is also more for our advantage; for, by the sadness that appears in the countenance, the heart is often made better. Note, 1. That …
497 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 667.19 (Matthew Henry)
… see the sun ( Ecclesiastes 11:7 ), but that pleasure is not comparable to the pleasure of wisdom. The light of this world is an advantage to us in doing the business …
498 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 667.24 (Matthew Henry)
… and estate, and expose them to public justice. And Solomon here makes use of these considerations. “ The magistrate bears not the sword in vain, has a quick eye …
499 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 669.21 (Matthew Henry)
… fair. (1.) One would think that the lightest of foot should, in running, win the prize; and yet the race is not always to the swift; some accident happens to retard …
500 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 669.27 (Matthew Henry)
… good estate, good meat, good drink, and abundance of God’s good creatures, all made use of in the service of sin, and so destroyed and lost, and the end of giving …