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521 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 230.4 (Matthew Henry)
… mischiefs weakened and consumed one another. See here, (1.) What the office of magistrates is. They are to be heirs of restraint, that is, to preserve a constant …
522 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 250.5 (Matthew Henry)
… much weakened by the desertion of so many of their troops. And perhaps Saul himself, though he had so much honour as to stand his ground, yet had no courage to …
523 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 262.2 (Matthew Henry)
… whatever weakened them was a public loss. But that was not all: Samuel was a constant intercessor for Israel, prayed daily for them, 1 Samuel 12:23. If he go, they …
524 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 279.14 (Matthew Henry)
… his sin, was weakening it, and provoking God to blast the undertaking.
525 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 292.12 (Matthew Henry)
… and diminish a people. God, by putting him thus to his choice, designed, [1.] To humble him the more for his sin, which we would see to be exceedingly sinful when …
526 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 293.2 (Matthew Henry)
… be weakened by sickness, or at last will be weakened by old age. Let young people remember their Creator in the days of their youth, before these evil days come …
527 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 306.25 (Matthew Henry)
… former. Sin exposes, impoverishes, and weakens any people. Shishak, king of Egypt, came against them, and so far, either by force or surrender, made himself master …
528 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 315.3 (Matthew Henry)
… him. Sin weakens and impoverishes us. We shall hear of the Moabites, 2 Kings 3:5 .
529 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 324.11 (Matthew Henry)
… gross sin, but from all sin—not only from false gods, but from false worships. The worship of Baal weakened and diminished Israel, and made them beholden to the …
530 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 328.4 (Matthew Henry)
… . To weaken a factious party gradually, when it is not safe to provoke, often proves the way to ruin it effectually. Justice strikes surely by striking slowly …
531 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 331.12 (Matthew Henry)
… hereby weakened, so Israel was hereby corrupted; for they made a man king who drove them from following the Lord and caused them to sin a great sin, 2 Kings 17 …
532 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 335.1 (Matthew Henry)
… much weakened, and so hastened apace towards its destruction, which slumbered not.
533 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 337.13 (Matthew Henry)
… to weaken one another. Some understand the promise made to him that he should come to his grave in peace in a sense in which it was not performed because, by his …
534 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 338.9 (Matthew Henry)
… , to weaken it, that he might effectually secure to himself the dominion of it and prevent its revolt, and to enrich himself with the wealth or service of those …
535 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 360.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the sins and unrighteousness of men. We are sure that God is not the author of sin—he tempts no man; and therefore, when it is said that he moved David to do it, it …
536 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 360.8 (Matthew Henry)
… us, weakened, or embittered to us, which we are proud of. David must have the people numbered: Bring me the number of them, says he, that I may know it. But now God numbers …
537 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 379.2 (Matthew Henry)
… would weaken the common interest and take Israel down from that pitch of glory at which it had arrived in the last reign. But thus the kingdom must be corrected …
538 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 393.5 (Matthew Henry)
… many. Sin weakens a people, diminishes them, dispirits them, and lessens their number and figure. (2.) He hired auxiliary troops out of the kingdom of Israel, 2 Chronicles …
539 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 405.12 (Matthew Henry)
… have weakened them. The earth helped the woman. Besides what was willingly offered by the Jews themselves who staid behind, from a principle of love to God …
540 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 455.12 (Matthew Henry)
… and weakened by continual terrors arising from the sense of his own guilt and the dread of God’s wrath ( Job 18:11, 18:12 ): Terror shall make him afraid on every …