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13761 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 523.21 (Matthew Henry)
… our comfort in God; for he will not leave us if we do not leave him. For the proof of their integrity they take God’s omniscience to witness, which is as much the …
13762 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 524.6 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort. From this grace poured into his lips proceeded those gracious words which all admired, Luke 4:22. The gospel of grace is poured into his lips; for …
13763 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 524.11 (Matthew Henry)
… . The Comforter shall continue, John 16:8. [2.] In the conquest of the gates of hell and its supporters, in the destruction of Judaism and Paganism, terrible things …
13764 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 524.14 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts, that draws souls to him ( Song of Solomon 1:3, 1:4 ) and makes him precious to believers, 1 Peter 2:7. 2. His royal palaces are said to be ivory ones, such as …
13765 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 525.1 (Matthew Henry)
… take comfort in God when things look very black and threatening, Psalms 46:1-46:5. II. To mention, to his praise, the great things he had wrought for his church against …
13766 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 525.5 (Matthew Henry)
… ), the comforts of which are the streams, that make glad the city of our God. God’s word and ordinances are rivers and streams with which God makes his saints glad …
13767 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 525.9 (Matthew Henry)
… their comfort, that the Lord is God, he is God alone, and will be exalted above the heathen; let him alone to maintain his honour, to fulfil his own counsels and …
13768 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 525.10 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of it, and say, If God be for us, who can be against us ?
13769 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 526.5 (Matthew Henry)
… it comfortable; they had reason to think it a happy lot, and to be satisfied in it, when it was that which Infinite Wisdom chose for them. And the setting up of God’s …
13770 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 527.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of what God does for his church in general ( Psalms 48:11 ): “ Let Mount Zion rejoice, the priests and Levites that attend the sanctuary, and then let all …
13771 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 528.1 (Matthew Henry)
… to comfort the people of God, in reference to their own troubles and the grief that arises from the prosperity of the wicked. I. In the preface he proposes to …
13772 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 528.6 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort of a holy gracious security, which those enjoy who trust in God, and not in their worldly wealth: Wherefore should I fear ? he means, Wherefore should …
13773 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 528.11 (Matthew Henry)
… foolishly comforts himself with this, that, though he shall not, his house shall. Some rich people are wise, they are politicians, but they cannot out-wit death …
13774 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 528.13 (Matthew Henry)
… this comfort us in reference to the oppressions which the upright are now often groaning under, and the dominion which the wicked have over them. The day is …
13775 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 528.15 (Matthew Henry)
… a comfortable prospect as David here has of a happy state on the other side death, Psalms 49:15. He had shown ( Psalms 49:14 ) how miserable the dead are that die in …
13776 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 528.16 (Matthew Henry)
… great comfort to dying saints that they shall not be hurt of the second death ( Revelation 2:11 ), and therefore the first death has no sting and the grave no victory …
13777 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 528.21 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts of the Spirit have something which, when they die, they shall carry away with them, something which death cannot strip them of, nay, which death …
13778 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 528.22 (Matthew Henry)
… of comfort and joy, being condemned to utter darkness. Be not afraid then of the pomp and power of wicked people; for the end of the man that is in honour, if he be …
13779 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 529.8 (Matthew Henry)
… may comfortably expect that God will speak to us when we are ready to hear what he says; even when he testifies against us in the rebukes and threatenings of …
13780 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 530.10 (Matthew Henry)
… more comfort in it. We ought to reflect upon the particular heads of our sins of infirmity and the particular circumstances of our gross sins. [2.] He aggravates …