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701 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 333.9 (Matthew Henry)
… him tamely to surrender it. Having found him an easy man once ( 2 Kings 18:14 ), when he said, That which thou puttest on me I will bear, he hoped again to frighten him …
702 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 439.14 (Matthew Henry)
… ? so tame and sheepish as thus to truckle to a God who is so far from rewarding thy services with marks of his favour that he seems to take a pleasure in making …
703 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 444.14 (Matthew Henry)
… to tame me and keep me within compass?” We are very apt, when we are in affliction, to complain of God and his providence, as if he laid more restraints upon us that …
704 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 474.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the tame beasts, which are serviceable to man, are housed and protected by his care, as Exodus 9:20. The ass has no den but his master’s crib, and thither he goes …
705 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 475.1 (Matthew Henry)
… controversy, tamely yielded it to Job, and then he to Elihu. But, after all the wranglings of the counsel at bar, the judge upon the bench must have the last word …
706 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 476.4 (Matthew Henry)
… . The tame ass is bound to labour; the wild ass has no bonds on him. Note, Freedom from service, and liberty to range at pleasure, are but the privileges of a wild ass …
707 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 476.5 (Matthew Henry)
… not tame him, nor bind him with his band, nor set him to draw the harrow ,” Job 39:10. There are creatures that are willing to serve man, that seem to take a pleasure …
708 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 476.11 (Matthew Henry)
… very tame and serviceable to man, and that is the horse, especially the horse that is prepared against the day of battle and is serviceable to man at a time when …
709 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 478.1 (Matthew Henry)
… and tame this leviathan if he can, and make himself master of him ( Job 41:1-41:9 ), and, since he cannot do this, he must own himself utterly unable to stand before the …
710 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 478.9 (Matthew Henry)
… can tame the behemoth ( Job 40:19 ) and the leviathan, big as they are, and stout-hearted as they are. This discourse concerning those two animals was brought in …
711 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 481.2 (Matthew Henry)
… up tamely. Observe here,
712 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 487.9 (Matthew Henry)
… , is tamed, and has been tamed. He has likewise liberty to use them as he has occasion. Rise, Peter, kill and eat, Acts 10:13. Every time we partake of fish or of fowl we …
713 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 517.8 (Matthew Henry)
… will tame the strongest body and the stoutest spirit. David was famed for his courage and great exploits; and yet, when God contended with him by bodily sickness …
714 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 570.11 (Matthew Henry)
… of taming them, James 3:7 .
715 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 627.8 (Matthew Henry)
… are tame and in the service of man, Psalms 148:10. Nay, even the creeping things have not sunk so low, nor do the flying fowl soar so high, as not to be called upon to …
716 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 634.14 (Matthew Henry)
… kept tame in their houses and played with. Desire no better diversion from severe study and business than the innocent and pleasant conversation of thy …
717 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 674.24 (Matthew Henry)
… be tamed, or else restrained from doing mischief.
718 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 685.16 (Matthew Henry)
… , and tame the most unruly. Power is not exalted but in judgment. It is the honour of God that, though he has a mighty arm, yet judgment and justice are always the …
719 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 699.4 (Matthew Henry)
… shall tamely and ingloriously yield all to the invader and oppressor. The Egyptians shall be like women ( Isaiah 19:16 ); they shall be frightened and put into …
720 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 702.11 (Matthew Henry)
… not tamely to surrender. Pursuant to this resolve, they took all the prudent measures they could for their own security. We tempt God if, in times of danger, we …