“Prophets often foretold destruction and sometimes the destruction did not come, yet this did not disprove their divine mission, as in the case of Jonah. For God is gracious, and ready to turn away his wrath from those who turn away from their sins. But the prophet who prophesied peace and prosperity absolutely and unconditionally without adding the necessary proviso, that they do not by willful sin put a bar in their own door and stop the coming of God's favors, will be proved a true prophet only by the accomplishment of his prediction.”
“The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies.”
“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.”
Source: 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.”
Source: Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible
“Those do not commonly know themselves best who think best of themselves”
Source: 1 Corinthians - Bible Commentary
“Many mourn for their sins that do not truly repent of them, weep bitterly for them, and yet continue in love and league with them.”
“None live so easily, so pleasantly, as those that live by faith.”
Source: Job-Solomon's Song
“In all God's providences, it is good to compare His word and His works together; for we shall find a beautiful harmony between them, and that they mutually illustrate each other.”
“He that is in haste may contract much guilt in a little time. What we say or do unadvisedly when we are hot, we must unsay or undo again when we are cool, or do worse.”
Source: The miscellaneous works of the Rev. Matthew Henry: containing in addition to those heretofore published, numerous sermons and papers, now first printed from the original manuscripts. With forty sermons on what Christ is made to believers, by Philip Henry; funeral sermons for Mr. and Mrs. Henry, by the Rev. Matthew Henry; funeral sermons on Mr. Matthew Henry, by W. Tong, John Reynolds, and Dr. Williams
“All obedience begins in the affections, and nothing in religion is done right, that is not done there first.”
Source: Bible commentary - Gospel of Matthew
“There is one death bed repentance recorded in the Bible (the thief on the cross), so that no one despair, but there is ONLY one, so that no one will presume.”
“Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“When God is about to give His people the expected good, He pours out a Spirit of prayer, and it is a good sign that He is coming towards them in mercy.”
Source: A commentary upon the holy Bible: Isaiah to Malachi
“The service of sin is perfect slavery.”
Source: The Complete Works of Matthew Henry: Treatises, Sermons, and Tracts
“They that pray in the family do well; they that pray and read the Scriptures do better; but they that pray, and read, and sing do best of all.”
“No creature hath the like resemblance to the divine nature, as light hath. He doth not only dwell in light, but he is light. Light is a pure, bright, clear, spiritual, unmixed substance. God is infinitely so.”
Source: The Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Matthew Henry: Containing in Addition to Those Heretofore Published, Numerous Sermons Now First Printed from the Original Mss. : an Appendix on what Christ is Made to Believers,in Forty Real Benefits,by Philip Henry... : Funeral Sermons for Mr. and Mrs. Henry, by the Rev. Matthew Henry : Funeral Sermons on Mr. Matthew Henry, by W. Tong, John Reynolds, and Dr. Williams
“What harrowing is after sowing, the same is meditation after hearing--it hides the word.”
Source: The Life of the Rev. Philip Henry, A.M.: With Funeral Sermons for Mr. and Mrs. Henry
“A garment that is double dyed, dipped again and again, will retain the color a great while; so a truth which is the subject of meditation.”
Source: The miscellaneous works of the Rev. Matthew Henry: containing in addition to those heretofore published, numerous sermons and papers, now first printed from the original manuscripts. With forty sermons on what Christ is made to believers, by Philip Henry; funeral sermons for Mr. and Mrs. Henry, by the Rev. Matthew Henry; funeral sermons on Mr. Matthew Henry, by W. Tong, John Reynolds, and Dr. Williams
“When Christ was about to leave the world, He made His will. His soul He committed to His father; His body He bequeathed to Joseph to be decently interred; His clothes fell to the soldiers; His mother He left to the care of John; but what should He leave to His poor disciples that had left all for Him? Silver and gold He had none; but He left them that which was infinitely better, His peace.”
Source: Bible commentary - Gospel of John
“Our creature comforts”
Source: The pleasantness of a religious life opened and proved
“Those may justly be reckoned void of understanding that do not bless and praise God; nor do men ever rightly use their reason till they begin to be religious, nor live as men till they live to the glory of God. As reason is the substratum or subject of religion (so that creatures which have no reason are not capable of religion), so religion is the crown and glory of reason, and we have our reason in vain, and shall one day wish we had never had it, if we do not glorify God with it.”
Source: Matthew HenryÕs Commentary on the Whole Bible: Volume IV-III - Ezekiel to Hosea
“Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.”
Source: A commentary upon the holy Bible: Job to Salomon's song
“To fish in troubled waters.”
Source: Communicant's Companion
“Were a man to live as long as Methuselah, and to spend all his days in the highest delights sin can offer, one hour of the anguish and tribulation that must follow, would far outweigh them.”
Source: A commentary upon the holy Bible: Job to Salomon's song
“The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning.”
“Their own second and sober thoughts.”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839
“Nothing exposes religion more to the reproach of its enemies than the worldliness and half-heartedness of the professors of it.”
“The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and importunate in prayer. How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God!”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament ...
“It was the greatest honor God did to man that he made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God that he has made God in the image of man.”
Source: An exposition of the Old and New Testament: wherein each chapter is summed up in its contents; the sacred text inserted at large, in distinct paragraphs; each paragraph reduced to its proper heads; the sense given, and largely illustrated; with practical remarks and observations
“It is our duty not to not only hold fast, but to hold forth the Word of life; not only to hold fast for our own benefit, but to hold it forth for the benefit of others, to hold it forth as the candlestick holds forth the candle, which makes it appear to advantage all around, or as the luminaries of the heavens, which shed their influences far and wide.”
Source: A new family Bible: containing Old and New Testaments
“I shall be supplied with whatever I need; and, if I have not everything I desire, I may conclude it is either not fit for me, or I shall have it in due time.”
Source: Classic Sermon Outlines
“It is better to get wisdom than gold. Gold is another's, wisdom is our own; gold is for the body and time, wisdom for the soul and eternity.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“It is a sin against God not to pray for the Israel of God, especially for those of them that are under our charge. Good men are afraid of the guilt of omissions ( I Samuel 12).”
Source: An exposition of all the books of the Old and New Testaments: ...: Wherein each chapter is summed up in its contents: the sacred text inserted at large in distinct paragraphs ... largely illustrated with practical remarks and observations
“Though He had so much work to do with others, yet He [Jesus] chose sometimes to be alone, to set us an example.”
Source: Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents ; the Sacred Text Inserted at Large, in Distinct Paragaraphs ; Each Paragraph Reduced to Its Proper Heads ; the Sense Given, and Largely Illustrated ; with Practical Remarks Ad Observations
“Those who have a heart to do good, never need complain for want of opportunity.”
Source: A commentary upon the holy Bible
“Those that set God always before them and walk before him with all their hearts, shall find him as good as his word and better; he will both keep covenant with them and show mercy to them.”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Joshua-Esther. 1839
“Those that abide in Christ as their heart's desire shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire.”
“Men may die like lambs and yet have their place forever with the goats.”
“That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it, which will waste it; and the same corrupt dispositions which incline men to the sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839
“Nature is content with little; grace with less; but lust with nothing.”
Source: Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes
“None shall be saved by Christ but those only who work out their own salvation while God is working in them by His truth and His Holy Spirit. We cannot do without God; and God will not do without us.”
“If ill thoughts at any time enter into the mind of a good man, he doth not roll them under his tongue as a sweet morsel.”
Source: An Exposition of the Book of Psalms: With Practical Remarks and Observations
“God cannot be represented by an image. We ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. We wrong God, and put an affront upon him, if we think so. God honoured man in making his soul after his own likeness; but man dishonours God if he makes him after the likeness of his body. The Godhead is spiritual, infinite, immaterial, incomprehensible, and therefore it is a very false and unjust conception which an image gives us of God.”
“The God of Israel is sometimes a God who hides Himself, but never a God who absents Himself; sometimes in the dark, but never at a distance.”
“Meekness is calm confidence, settled assurance, and rest of the soul. It is the tranquil stillness of a soul that is at rest in Christ. It is the place of peace. Meekness springs from a heart of humility, radiating the fragrance of Christ.”
“. . . when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Our duty as Christians is always to keep heaven in our eye and earth under our feet.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Though we must never think to learn above our Bible, as long as we are here in this world, yet we must still be getting forward in it.”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839
“Conscience is that candle of the Lord which was not quite put out.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Love is the root; obedience is the fruit.”
Source: Exposition of the Old and New Testament
