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12241 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 452.2 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts given him by his friends. We are apt to think that which we ourselves say is important, when others, with reason, think little of it. He charges him …
12242 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 453.2 (Matthew Henry)
… comforters are they all. When under convictions of sin, terrors of conscience, or the arrests of death, only the blessed Spirit can comfort effectually …
12243 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 453.3 (Matthew Henry)
… be comforted.
12244 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 454.3 (Matthew Henry)
… of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in …
12245 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 456.3 (Matthew Henry)
… outward comfort and of inward consolation; yet if this, and more, come upon a believer, it does not weaken the proof of his being a child of God and heir of glory …
12246 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 456.4 (Matthew Henry)
… ; he comforted himself with the expectation of these. Job was assured, that this Redeemer of sinners from the yoke of Satan and the condemnation of sin, was his …
12247 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 457.3 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort attending it.
12248 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 460.3 (Matthew Henry)
… find comfort by spreading his case before him. His views were all gloomy. God seemed to stand at a distance, and frown upon him. Yet Job expressed his assurance …
12249 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 463.2 (Matthew Henry)
… should comfort us; but the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, never mistakes, nor fails of his end.
12250 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 464.3 (Matthew Henry)
… more comfort we find in our religion, the more closely we shall cleave to it. Those who have no delight in God, are easily drawn away by the pleasures, and easily …
12251 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 466.1 (Matthew Henry)
Job's former comforts. (1-6) The honour paid to Job, His usefulness. (7-17) His prospect of prosperity. (18-25)
12252 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 466.2 (Matthew Henry)
… comfort is doubled, every trouble is diminished, and he may pass cheerfully by this light through life and through death. Yet the sensible comfort of …
12253 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 466.4 (Matthew Henry)
… a comforter. This he thought upon with pleasure, when he was himself a mourner. Our Lord Jesus is a King who hates iniquity, and upon whom the blessing of a world …
12254 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 467.3 (Matthew Henry)
… Job comforts himself, yet it is but a little. He foresees that death will be the end of all his troubles. God's wrath might bring him to death; but his soul would …
12255 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 468.2 (Matthew Henry)
… with comfort, or lost with comfort, if honestly gotten. Without strict honestly and faithfulness in all our dealings, we can have no good evidence of true godliness …
12256 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 468.6 (Matthew Henry)
… of comfort from them; it was sown wheat, but shall come up thistles. What men do not come honestly by, will never do them any good. The words of Job are ended. They …
12257 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 473.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the comforts of it, as far as is for God's glory and our good: and who would desire them any further? We have the possession of inward pleasures, the great peace …
12258 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 474.3 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts, Song of Solomon 4:16. The best of men are much in the dark concerning the glorious perfections of the Divine nature and the Divine government …
12259 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 479.3 (Matthew Henry)
… him, comforted him, and put honour upon him. The devil had undertaken to prove Job a hypocrite, and his three friends had condemned him as a wicked man; but if God …
12260 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 479.4 (Matthew Henry)
… last comforts his best comforts; for his path, like that of the morning light, shines more and more unto the perfect day.