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13161 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 237.10 (Matthew Henry)
… a comfort to his aged grandmother, a restorer of her life, and, if there should be occasion, would have wherewithal to be the nourisher of her old age. It is a great …
13162 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of Israel, when in his time their hosts were few and feeble and those of their enemies many and mighty; then it would be a support to them to think …
13163 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.5 (Matthew Henry)
… our comfort and ease in this world than we should, if we were left to ourselves! It is probable that Elkanah married Hannah first, and, because he had not children …
13164 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.10 (Matthew Henry)
… the comforts both of life and godliness. We find that God took notice of this ill effect of discontents and disagreements in the conjugal relation, that the …
13165 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.11 (Matthew Henry)
… thee.” Note, We ought to take notice of our comforts, to keep us from grieving excessively for our crosses; for our crosses we deserve, but our comforts we …
13166 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.14 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of their being accepted of him, they had feasted upon the sacrifice; and now it was proper to put up her prayer in virtue of that sacrifice, for the …
13167 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.15 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of it. In hope of mercy, let us promise duty. (5.) She spoke all this so softly that none could hear her. Her lips moved, but her voice was not heard, 1 Samuel …
13168 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.21 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort to herself and to give God the glory of that gracious condescension. Note, Mercies in answer to prayer are to be remembered with peculiar expressions …
13169 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.22 (Matthew Henry)
… take comfort from this instance, and believe that, if they do that with an eye to God, he will graciously accept them therein, and though they tarry at home they …
13170 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.23 (Matthew Henry)
… , this comfort, I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition .” See Psalms 34:2, 34:4, 34:6. Hannah does not remind Eli of it by adverting to the suspicion he had formerly …
13171 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 239.2 (Matthew Henry)
… with comfort, and must wear with praise. 3. Her thanksgiving is here called a prayer: Hannah prayed; for thanksgiving is an essential part of prayer. In every …
13172 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 239.5 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of. Hannah does so, (1.) In holy joy: My heart rejoiceth in the Lord; not so much in her son as in her God; he is to be the gladness of our joy ( Psalms 43:4 ), and our …
13173 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 239.8 (Matthew Henry)
… their comfort, which will confirm the weak hands and the feeble knees, Isaiah 35:3. Victory turns in favour of that side that was given up for gone, and even the …
13174 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 239.11 (Matthew Henry)
… their comforts, and towards others at the same time reviving. (3.) Of the change he makes with one and the same person: He killeth and bringeth down to the grave …
13175 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 239.19 (Matthew Henry)
… little comfort upon the flesh. It was a shame that the priests should need to be thus admonished by the people of their duty; but they regarded not the admonition …
13176 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 239.34 (Matthew Henry)
… their comforts should be embittered. (1.) The comfort they had in the sanctuary, in its wealth and prosperity: Thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation. This was …
13177 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 240.5 (Matthew Henry)
… are comforted. Samuel had laid down ere the lamp of God went out, 1 Samuel 3:3. It should seem he lay somewhere so near the holy place that he went to bed by that light …
13178 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 240.6 (Matthew Henry)
… servants’ comfort: that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. So Samuel went and lay down. God calls many by the ministry of the word, and …
13179 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 240.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of it; and the strivings of the Spirit with the consciences of sinners are likewise often mistaken, and so the benefit of their convictions is …
13180 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 241.13 (Matthew Henry)
… any comfort when God’s ordinances are removed?” Farewell all in this world, even life itself, if the ark be gone.