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13421 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 441.1 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of his integrity. Eliphaz, who, it is likely, was the senior, or of the best quality, begins with him in this chapter, in which, I. He bespeaks a patient …
13422 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 441.6 (Matthew Henry)
… had comforted others as a reason why he might justly expect to be himself comforted; and yet, if conviction was necessary in order to comfort, they must be excused …
13423 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 441.14 (Matthew Henry)
… should comfort others with that wherewith we have been comforted ( 2 Corinthians 1:4 ), so we should endeavour to convince others with that which has been powerful …
13424 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 441.15 (Matthew Henry)
… , and comfort, to his people, unobserved by the world, by private whispers, as powerfully and effectually as by the public ministry. His secret is with them, Psalms …
13425 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.5 (Matthew Henry)
… their comforts. The outward estate may be flourishing, but the soul cannot prosper that takes root in the earth. 2. Job’s prosperity was now at an end, and so has …
13426 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.14 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts the needy, by the rain he sends ( Job 5:10 ), but, in order to the advancing of those that are low, he disappoints the devices of the crafty; for Job 5:11 is …
13427 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.16 (Matthew Henry)
… are comforted: So the poor, who began to despair, has hope. The experiences of some are encouragement to others to hope the best in the worst of times; for it is …
13428 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.17 (Matthew Henry)
Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable prospect of the issue of his afflictions, if he did but recover his temper and accommodate himself to them. Observe,
13429 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.19 (Matthew Henry)
II. The comfortable words of encouragement which he gives him thus to accommodate himself to his condition, and (as he himself had expressed it) to receive evil at the hand of God, and not despise it as a gift not worth the accepting.
13430 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.20 (Matthew Henry)
… them according to the time wherein he afflicted them. God’s usual method is first to wound and then to heal, first to convince and then to comfort, first …
13431 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.21 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort of this part of scripture have hope. Let us therefore give diligence to make sure our interest in these promises, and then view the particulars …
13432 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.25 (Matthew Henry)
… the comforts of good men in this world.
13433 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.28 (Matthew Henry)
… is comfortable to hear that our tabernacle is in peace; and when we return home it is comfortable to visit our habitation with satisfaction in our success …
13434 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.29 (Matthew Henry)
… a comfort to parents to see the prosperity, especially the spiritual prosperity, of their children; if they are truly good, they are truly great, how small a …
13435 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 443.4 (Matthew Henry)
… no comfort when he retired inward into his own bosom, so he had none when he looked upward towards Heaven. He that used to be encouraged with the consolations …
13436 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 443.5 (Matthew Henry)
… their comforters.
13437 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 443.9 (Matthew Henry)
… of comfort on the other side death, which turns the tables between the rich man and Lazarus. Now he is comforted, and thou art tormented .
13438 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 443.11 (Matthew Henry)
… his comfort upon the testimony of his conscience for him that he had been faithful and firm to his profession of religion, and in some degree useful and serviceable …
13439 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 443.12 (Matthew Henry)
… ? What comfort can I promise myself in life, comparable to the comfort I promise myself in death?” Note, Those who, through grace, are ready for another world, cannot …
13440 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 443.14 (Matthew Henry)
… his comforters thus proved his tormentors?