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521 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 37.5 (Matthew Henry)
… to weaken it, by turning it into divers channels. For the transgression of a land, many are the princes thereof. Sin brought Edom from kings to dukes, from crowns …
522 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 196.3 (Matthew Henry)
… church weaken the hands, and damp the spirits, of her guides and helpers, more than oppositions from without; treacherous Israelites are to be dreaded more …
523 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 213.6 (Matthew Henry)
… great weakening to those that were already brought so very low. 2. How their king was taken and mortified. His name was Adoni-bezek, which signifies, lord of Bezek …
524 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 215.11 (Matthew Henry)
… old sins because they saw themselves in no danger from their old oppressor; the powers of that kingdom were weakened and brought low. But God made them know …
525 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 219.5 (Matthew Henry)
… to weaken the church and its interests: its friends are too many, too mighty, too wise, for God to work deliverance by; God is taking a course to lessen them, that …
526 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 …
527 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 …
528 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 …
529 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 279.14 (Matthew Henry)
… his sin, was weakening it, and provoking God to blast the undertaking.
530 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 …
531 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 …
532 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 …
533 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 .
534 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 …
535 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 …
536 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 …
537 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 335.1 (Matthew Henry)
… much weakened, and so hastened apace towards its destruction, which slumbered not.
538 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 …
539 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 …
540 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 …