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701 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 …
702 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 …
703 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 …
704 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 …
705 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 481.2 (Matthew Henry)
… up tamely. Observe here,
706 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 …
707 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 …
708 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 570.11 (Matthew Henry)
… of taming them, James 3:7 .
709 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 …
710 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 …
711 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 674.24 (Matthew Henry)
… be tamed, or else restrained from doing mischief.
712 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 …
713 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 …
714 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 …
715 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 709.3 (Matthew Henry)
… be tame, and obliged to submit to the conquerors. When Hezekiah submitted to the king of Assyria, saying, I have offended, that which thou puttest on me I will …
716 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 720.26 (Matthew Henry)
… , and tames them, and makes them as vanity, little regarded, neither feared nor loved. He makes them utterly unable to stand before his judgments, which shall …
717 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 748.21 (Matthew Henry)
… ), not tamed by labour, and therefore very wanton, snuffing up the wind at her pleasure when she comes near the he-ass, and on such an occasion who can turn her away …
718 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 751.7 (Matthew Henry)
… to tame the unruly evil that is so full of deadly poison, and bring the body into subjection.
719 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 752.16 (Matthew Henry)
… die tamely and meanly there than run any venture, either by fight or flight, to help themselves. Thus they say one to another, “ Go not forth into the field, no not …
720 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 760.3 (Matthew Henry)
… . The tame ass, that serves her owner, is welcome to his crib ( Isaiah 1:3 ) and has her keeping for her labour, when the wild ass, that scorns the crying of the driver …