Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible Quotes

“The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.”
― Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

“Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.”
― Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

“It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it is an evidence of strong faith and resolution to swim against a stream to heaven, and to appear for God when no one else appears for Him.”
― Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

“The Christian religion is the religion of sinners, of such as have sinned, and in whom sin in some measure still dwells.

The Christian life is a life of continued repentance, humiliation for and mortification of sin, of continual faith in, thankfulness for, and love to the Redeemer, and hopeful joyful expectation of a day of glorious redemption, in which the believer shall be fully and finally acquitted, and sin abolished for ever.”
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“Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.”
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“As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.”
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“The glory of God is his own end, and it should be ours in all that we do.”
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“When our heads are fullest of care, and our hands of business, yet we must not forget our religion, nor suffer ourselves to be indisposed for acts of devotion.”
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“Man's extremity is God's opportunity of helping and saving.”
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“Even when God is coming towards his people in ways of mercy, he sometimes takes such methods as that they may think themselves but ill treated.”
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“Let no man go beyond or defraud his brother, for, though it be hidden from man, it will be found that God is the avenger of all such.”
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“There may be idols in the heart, where there are none in the sanctuary.”
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“If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.”
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“When the sins of a people reach up to heaven, the wrath of God will reach down to the earth.”
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“Though Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, yet not from the command of it,”
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“God's time to help is when things are at the worst; and Providence verifies the paradox, The worse the better.”
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“If old people be found in the way of righteousness, their age will be their honour. Old age, as such, is honourable, and commands respect (Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, Lev. 19:32); but, if it be found in the way of wickedness, its honour is forfeited, its crown profaned and laid in the dust, Isa. 65:20. Old people therefore, if they would preserve their honour, must still hold fast their integrity, and then their gray hairs are indeed a crown to them; they are worthy of double honour. Grace is the glory of old age.”
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“The word of God directs us in our work and way, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. The commandment is a lamp kept burning with the oil of the Spirit, as a light to direct us in the choice of our way, and the steps we take in that way.”
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“Marriage is not an invention of men, but a divine institution, and”
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“Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of Providence, which are full of eyes”
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“If the leprosy of sin have seized the head, if the judgment be corrupted, and wicked principles which countenance and support wicked practices, be embraced, it is an utter uncleanness, from which few are ever cleansed.”
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“Jesus Christ in his person is God manifest in the flesh, he is light of light, the true Shechinah.”
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“Come, Lord Jesus, put an end to this state of sin, sorrow, and temptation;”
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“All those who rejoice in the success of the church's enemies will share with them in their downfall; and those who have most indulged themselves in pride and pleasure are the least able to bear calamities; their sorrows will be as excessive as their pleasure and jollity were before.”
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“such is the corruption of nature that the bad are much more likely to debauch the good than the good to reform the bad.”
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“Note, The devil, though he is an enemy to all saints, is a conquered enemy. The Captain of our salvation has defeated and disarmed him; we have nothing to do but to pursue the victory.”
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“All the disciples and followers of the Lord Jesus must be nonconformists to this world.”
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“God gives us of the good things of this life, not only for necessity, but for delight, that we may not only serve him, but serve him cheerfully.”
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“When we begin to fret and be uneasy, we ought to consider that God hears all our murmurings, though silent, and only the murmurings of the heart.”
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“It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it is an evidence of strong faith and resolution to swim against a stream to heaven, and to appear for God when no one else appears for him:”
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