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14541 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 660.38 (Matthew Henry)
17. Of tale-bearing, Proverbs 11:13, 16:28, 18:8, 20:19, 26:20, 26:22 .
14542 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 662.16 (Matthew Henry)
… , 4:38. 2. To acquiesce in Solomon’s judgment of the things of this world, and not to think of repeating the trial; for we can never think of having such advantages …
14543 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 663.4 (Matthew Henry)
… , 10:38 ), and rather to make shipwreck of all than of the faith; nay, when love to ourselves may oblige us to cast it away, when it is for the saving of our lives, as it …
14544 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 667.28 (Matthew Henry)
… , Psalms 38:13, 38:14. Be not solicitous or inquisitive to know what people say of thee; if they speak well of thee, it will feed thy pride, if ill, it will stir up thy …
14545 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 667.38 (Matthew Henry)
(2.) He now discovered more than ever of the general corruption of man’s nature. He traces up that stream to the fountain, as his father had done before him, on a …
14546 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 669.10 (Matthew Henry)
… 50:38 ), are mad against God’s people, Acts 26:11. When the prodigal repented, it is said, He came to himself ( Luke 15:17 ), which intimates that he had been beside himself …
14547 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 671.4 (Matthew Henry)
… 6:38 ); be generous in giving, as those were when, on festival days, they sent portions to those for whom nothing was prepared ( Nehemiah 8:10 ), worthy portions.” (2.) “Give …
14548 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 674.22 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Isaiah 38:14 ), bemoaning herself like the doves of the valleys, where they are near the clefts of the impending rocks, mourning for her iniquities ( Ezekiel 7 …
14549 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 674.23 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Isaiah 38:14 ); it is music in God’s ears. He has assured us that the prayer of the upright is his delight; he smelled a sweet savour from Noah’s sacrifice, and the …
14550 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 676.21 (Matthew Henry)
… , 7:38. The Old-Testament church was a garden enclosed by the partition wall of the ceremonial law. The Bible was then a spring shut up and a fountain sealed; it …
14551 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 677.16 (Matthew Henry)
… 2:38 ), because it excelled all the other monarchies, and so does Christ’s government. (2.) His locks are bushy and black, not black as the tents of Kedar, whose blackness …
14552 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 678.13 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Job 38:12, 38:13 ), and very acceptable, looks forth pleasantly as a clear morning; but it is small in its beginnings, and scarcely perceptible at first. (2.) It is, at …
14553 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 680.5 (Matthew Henry)
… 4:38 ), and the church ( Psalms 44:23 ), Awake, why sleepest thou ? Note, The experience we have had of Christ’s readiness to yield to the importunities of our faith and …
14554 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 680.9 (Matthew Henry)
… 8:38. [1.] Death, and all its terrors, will not frighten a believer from loving Christ: Many waters, though they will quench fire, cannot quench this love, no, nor the …
14555 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 681.11 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Psalms 38:5 ), My wounds stink, and are corrupt, because of my foolishness. See Psalms 32:3, 32:4. No attempts were made for reformation, or, if they were, they proved …
14556 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 682.13 (Matthew Henry)
… 23:38. Whenever any sore calamity came upon the Jews thus far the Lord might be said to forsake them that he withdrew his help and succour from them, else they …
14557 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 682.21 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Job 38:13 ), and to shake all those earthly props and supports with which they have buoyed themselves up, to shake them from under them. Note, 1. With God is terrible …
14558 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 682.25 (Matthew Henry)
… , 27:38 ), and the Syrians cast away their garments for haste, 2 Kings 7:15. Or men may cast it away out of indignation at themselves for leaning upon such a broken …
14559 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 688.25 (Matthew Henry)
… , Isaiah 38:14. They spoke not with that boldness and plainness which the prophets of the Lord spoke with, but as those who desire to amuse people rather than …
14560 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 690.38 (Matthew Henry)
4. How fatal it would prove, in the issue, to himself. When he shakes his hand at Jerusalem, and is about to lay hands on it, then is God’s time to appear against him …