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6401 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 817.6 (Matthew Henry)
… lying spirit, which God put into their mouths ( 1 Kings 22:23 ), and another in those whom God gives up to strong delusions, to believe a lie, because they received …
6402 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 821.10 (Matthew Henry)
… good spirit and disposition, and, as an evidence of that, do judgment and justice ( Ezekiel 18:5 ), he shall surely live, saith the Lord God, Ezekiel 18:9. He that makes …
6403 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 823.9 (Matthew Henry)
… and evil, but by his authority bound them from the evil and to the good. He gave them his statutes, and a valuable gift it was. Moses commanded them a law that was …
6404 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 825.28 (Matthew Henry)
… the spirit of prayer is restrained, so that not one is found that will either give them a good word or speak a good word for them. (5.) When it is so, what can be expected …
6405 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 836.12 (Matthew Henry)
… your evil way. To repent is to turn from our evil way; this God requires sinners to do; this he urges them to do by repeated pressing instances: Turn you, turn you …
6406 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 839.5 (Matthew Henry)
… whose spirits God stirred up to return; and those only were reckoned of the house of Israel, the rest had cut themselves off from it; or, though but few, in comparison …
6407 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 853.24 (Matthew Henry)
… same spirit and genius, and all more or less against the church. It was the same power, only lodged in four different nations, the two former lying eastward of …
6408 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 855.9 (Matthew Henry)
… , The spirit of prophecy quite outdoes the spirit of divination, even the enemies themselves being judges; for so it was adjudged here, upon a fair trial of skill …
6409 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 856.5 (Matthew Henry)
… , heavenly spirit, had a devout and gracious spirit, a spirit of zeal for the glory of God and the good of men. This was indeed an excellent spirit. 2. The account …
6410 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 861.14 (Matthew Henry)
… , and spirit into his people; for if he says, Be strong, power goes along with the word. And, now that Daniel has experienced the efficacy of God’s strengthening …
6411 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 864.2 (Matthew Henry)
… his Spirit opens the ear to instruction and discipline. (4.) That he began to prophesy in Israel at a time when their kingdom was in a flourishing prosperous …
6412 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 868.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the spirit of whoredom that was in the midst of them, their secret inclination and disposition to those sins, the love they had to their sins, and the dominion …
6413 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 872.13 (Matthew Henry)
… the Spirit of God, were such as they called and counted them, fools and madmen; and they shall be convinced that they were so far from being so that they were the …
6414 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 876.7 (Matthew Henry)
… their spirits and consume their vitals. Their heart was exalted ( Hosea 14:6 ), but God will take an effectual course to bring it down: The wild beast shall tear …
6415 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 883.8 (Matthew Henry)
… the Spirit of prophecy is a Spirit of revelation. It would have put honour enough upon prophets if it had been only said that sometimes God is pleased to reveal …
6416 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 885.6 (Matthew Henry)
… :7. Evil times will not bear plain dealing, that is evil men will not; and the men the prophet here speaks of had reason to think themselves evil men indeed, when …
6417 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 890.15 (Matthew Henry)
… the evil doers, and is aiding and abetting in their evil deeds, shall be reckoned, and shall be reckoned with, as one of them.
6418 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 892.8 (Matthew Henry)
… his spirit; he saw them to be tokens of God’s displeasure, and in them the terrors of the Almighty set themselves in array against him; this reached to his soul …
6419 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 893.19 (Matthew Henry)
… the evil of sin committed by them he repents of the evil of judgment pronounced against them. Thus he spared Nineveh, and did not the evil which he said he would …
6420 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 894.3 (Matthew Henry)
… . Hot spirits are usually high spirits. Only by pride comes contention both with God and man. It was a point of honour that Jonah stood upon and that made him angry …