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9661 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 605.3 (Matthew Henry)
… , and Joseph, and David, and many others, had harvests of joy after a sorrowful seedness. Those that sow in the tears of godly sorrow shall reap in the joy of a sealed …
9662 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 607.8 (Matthew Henry)
… , as Joseph, Genesis 50:23. Thy family shall be built up and continued, and thou shalt have the pleasure of seeing it.” Children’s children, if they be good children …
9663 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 651.3 (Matthew Henry)
… deluge, Joseph the years of famine, and provided accordingly. 2. The mischief of rashness and inconsideration. The simple, who believe every word that flatters …
9664 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 664.12 (Matthew Henry)
… , as Joseph, who, when he was but young, was brought out of prison to be the second man in the kingdom, to which story Solomon seems here to refer. Providence sometimes …
9665 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 667.8 (Matthew Henry)
… of Joseph, as those Amos 6:5, 6:6, and the king and Haman, Esther 3:15 .
9666 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 667.35 (Matthew Henry)
… , so Joseph speaks of it, Genesis 39:9. Or it may be taken there generally for all sin. Many extenuate their sins with this, They were folly; but Solomon sees wickedness …
9667 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 669.8 (Matthew Henry)
… . Isa. Joseph favoured by his prince? So is Haman. Isa. Ahab killed in a battle? So is Josiah. Are the bad figs carried to Babylon? So are the good, Jeremiah 24:1. There …
9668 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 672.20 (Matthew Henry)
… leads Joseph like a flock, Psalms 80:1. God is that one Shepherd, whose good Spirit indited the scriptures, and assists the masters of the assemblies in opening …
9669 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 678.17 (Matthew Henry)
… .” Thus Joseph made himself strange to his brethren, for a while, to chastise them for their former unkindnesses, and make trial of their present temper, till …
9670 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 680.2 (Matthew Henry)
… , as Joseph was of his brother Benjamin. Some make this to be the prayer of the Old-Testament saints for the hastening of Christ’s incarnation, that the church …
9671 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 683.9 (Matthew Henry)
… of Joseph’s brethren. [3.] It will be looked upon as ground sufficient for the preferring of a man to be a ruler that he has clothing better than his neighbours …
9672 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 686.16 (Matthew Henry)
… , as Joseph in Egypt learned the courtier’s oath, Genesis 42:16. “ I dwell in the midst of a people who by their impudent sinnings are pulling down desolating judgments …
9673 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 690.10 (Matthew Henry)
… . What Joseph’s brethren designed for hurt God overruled for good, Genesis 50:20. See Micah 4:11, 4:12. Men have their ends and God has his, but we are sure the counsel …
9674 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 691.3 (Matthew Henry)
… of Joseph and Mary. The Messiah was thus to begin his estate of humiliation, for submitting to which he should be highly exalted, and would thus give early notice …
9675 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 729.16 (Matthew Henry)
… leads Joseph like a flock. When God pleases even highway ground shall be good ground for the sheep of his pasture to feed in. Their pastures shall be not only …
9676 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 733.5 (Matthew Henry)
… , and Joseph, that son of David, who was his supposed father, was but a poor carpenter, perhaps a ship-carpenter, for most of his relations were fishermen. This is …
9677 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 733.9 (Matthew Henry)
… to Joseph, an honourable counsellor. Though he died with the wicked, and according to the common course of dealing with criminals should have been buried …
9678 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 754.17 (Matthew Henry)
… of Joseph. Jeremiah had prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem, and, though the truth of his prophecy was questioned, yet he did not rejoice in the proof of …
9679 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 777.10 (Matthew Henry)
… with Joseph after he had despaired of ever seeing him. There is hope concerning children removed by death that they shall return to their own border, to the …
9680 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 777.13 (Matthew Henry)
… , as Joseph’s yearned towards his brethren, even when he spoke roughly to them. When Israel’s afflictions extorted a penitent confession and submission …