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13701 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 513.11 (Matthew Henry)
… good comfortable days. Non est vivere, sed valere, vita—It is not being, but well being, that constitutes life. It is asked, “Who wishes to live a long and pleasant …
13702 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 513.12 (Matthew Henry)
… pass comfortably through this world, and out of the world, our constant care must be to keep a good conscience; and, in order to that, 1. We must learn to bridle our …
13703 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 513.17 (Matthew Henry)
… constant comfort that God hears them. [2.] He not only takes notice of what we say, but is ready for us to our relief ( Psalms 34:18 ): He is nigh to those that are of a broken …
13704 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 514.1 (Matthew Henry)
… ), to comfort him ( Psalms 35:3 ), to be nigh to him and rescue him ( Psalms 35:17, 35:22 ), to plead his cause ( Psalms 35:23, 35:24 ), to defeat all the designs of his enemies against …
13705 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 514.4 (Matthew Henry)
… a comfort to us, when men do us wrong, if our consciences can witness for us that we have never done them any. It was so to St. Paul. Acts 25:10; To the Jews have I done …
13706 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 514.5 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfortable assurance of it in my own breast.” If God, by his Spirit, witness to our spirits that he is our salvation, we have enough, we need desire no more to …
13707 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 514.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of it: “ My soul shall be joyful, not in my own ease and safety, but in the Lord and in his favour, in his promise and in his salvation according to the promise …
13708 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 514.10 (Matthew Henry)
… his comfort, and cuts him to the heart, more than anything else. Nay, he had deserved well not only of the public in general, but of those particular persons that …
13709 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 514.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of having done my duty, and of having approved myself a loving neighbour, though I could not thereby win upon them nor make them my friends.” We shall …
13710 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 514.16 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort of David and to the conviction and confusion of his persecutors. 1. He prays that God would act for him, and not stand by as a spectator ( Psalms 35:17 …
13711 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 515.7 (Matthew Henry)
David, having looked round with grief upon the wickedness of the wicked, here looks up with comfort upon the goodness of God, a subject as delightful as the former was distasteful and very proper to be set in the balance against it. Observe,
13712 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 515.9 (Matthew Henry)
… great comfort to all good people, that, though men are false, God is faithful; men speak vanity, but the words of the Lord are pure words. God’s faithfulness reaches …
13713 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 515.13 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of the promises. But the full, the abundant satisfaction is reserved for the future state, the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens …
13714 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 515.15 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort of God’s favour and grace, Psalms 36:10. (1.) The persons he prays for are those that know God, that are acquainted with him, acknowledge him, and avouch …
13715 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 515.16 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort ( Psalms 36:11 ): “ Let not the foot of pride come against me, to trip up my heels, or trample upon me; and let not the hand of the wicked, which is stretched …
13716 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.5 (Matthew Henry)
… a comfortable subsistence in this world, Psalms 37:3. (1.) It is required that we trust in the Lord and do good, that we confide in God and conform to him. The life of …
13717 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.6 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of a complacency in him. And even this pleasant duty of delighting in God has a promise annexed to it, which is very full and precious, enough to recompense …
13718 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.7 (Matthew Henry)
… with comfort, but with credit and honour: He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light and thy judgment as the noon-day .” ( Psalms 37:6 ), that is, “he shall make …
13719 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.11 (Matthew Henry)
… creature-comforts. Our Saviour has made this a gospel promise, and a confirmation of the blessings he pronounced on the meek, Matthew 5:5. Secondly, That they …
13720 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 516.18 (Matthew Henry)
II. What is assured to us, as instances of our happiness and comfort, upon these conditions.