Search for: sin weakens
521 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 …
522 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 …
523 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 …
524 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 …
525 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 …
526 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 …
527 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 279.14 (Matthew Henry)
… his sin, was weakening it, and provoking God to blast the undertaking.
528 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 …
529 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 …
530 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 …
531 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 .
532 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 …
533 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 …
534 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 …
535 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 335.1 (Matthew Henry)
… much weakened, and so hastened apace towards its destruction, which slumbered not.
536 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 …
537 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 …
538 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 …
539 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 …
540 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 …