“We should take heed of pride; it is a sin that turned angels into devils.”
Source: A commentary upon the holy Bible: Romans to revelation
“Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“When we are calling to God to turn the eye of His favor towards us He is calling to us to turn the eye of our obedience towards Him.”
Source: The New Matthew Henry Commentary: The Classic Work with Updated Language
“Those will soon come to make nothing of God that will not be content to make him their all.”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Joshua-Esther. 1839
“God warns before he wounds.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Those that have so much power over others as to be able to oppress them have seldom so much over themselves as not to oppress.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.”
Source: Exposition of the Old and New Testament
“Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.”
Source: A commentary upon the holy Bible: Isaiah to Malachi
“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.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“The fear of God reigning in the heart is the beauty of the soul.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in his time, which is always the more convenient season. God will work when he pleases, how he pleases, and by what means he pleases. He is not bound to keep our time, but he will perform his work, honor our faith, and reward them that diligently seek him.”
“A modest dress is a very good thing, if it be the genuine indication of a humble heart, and is to instruct; but it is a bad thing if it be the hypocritical disguise of a proud ambitious heart, and is to deceive. Let men be really as good as they seem to be, but not seem to be better than really they are.”
Source: Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible: Volume IV-IV - Joel to Malachi
“Take Jesus for your king, and by baptism swear allegiance to him; take him for your prophet, and hear him; take him for your priest, to make atonement for you.”
Source: Exposition of the Old and New Testament
“Be careful if you make a women cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man’s ribs. Not from his feet to be walked on, not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal, under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved.”
“When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence.”
“It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him.”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Joshua-Esther. 1839
“The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain.”
“The counsels and decrees of God do not truckle to the frail and fickle will of man.”
Source: Exposition of the Old and New Testament
“ThanksGiving is good but ThanksLiving is better.”
Source: The Life of the Rev. Philip Henry, A.M.: With Funeral Sermons for Mr. and Mrs. Henry
“A man that is endued with the powers of reason, by which he is capable of knowing, serving, glorifying, and enjoying his Maker, and yet lives without God in the world, is certainly the most despicable and the most miserable animal under the sun.”
Source: Exposition of the Old and New Testament
“No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839
“Christ is our temple, in whom by faith all believers meet.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information, yet we must by our prayers give him honor.”
Source: The Secret of Communion with God
“We read of preaching the Word out of season, but we do not read of praying out of season, for that is never out of season.”
Source: Directions for daily communion with God, in 3 discourses, and The communicant's companion
“Prayer time must be kept up as duly as meal-time.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer.”
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
“Prayer is the midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“You may as soon find a living man who does not breathe, as a living Christian who does not pray.”
“In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to profit by the instructions that are given us unless our minds be possessed with a holy reverence of God, and every thought within us be brought into obedience to Him.... As all our knowledge must take rise from the fear of God, so it must tend to it as its perfection and centre. Those know enough who know how to fear God, who are careful in every thing to please Him and fearful of offending Him in any thing; this is the Alpha and Omega of knowledge.”
“Christ died. He left a will in which He gave His soul to His Father, His body to Joseph of Arimathea, His clothes to the soldiers, and His mother to John. But to His disciples, who had left all to follow Him, He left not silver or gold, but something far better-His PEACE!”
“Some people do not like to hear much of repentance; but I think it is so necessary that if I should die in the pulpit, I would desire to die preaching repentance, and if out of the pulpit I would desire to die practicing it.”
“Though we may now think some sins light and little, if the Lord awaken the conscience, we shall feel even the smallest sin heavy upon our souls.”
“Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.”
Source: The Comprehensive Commentary on the Holy Bible: Acts-Revelation
“I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.”
“There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial.”
“It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day.”
Source: Directions for daily communion with God, in 3 discourses, and The communicant's companion
“Those whom God will employ are first struck with a sense of their unworthiness to be employed.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“We must never promise ourselves any more than God has promised us.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Pride is at the bottom of a great many errors and corruptions, and even of many evil practices, which have a great show and appearance of humility.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.”
Source: Directions for daily communion with God, in 3 discourses, and The communicant's companion
“Those, and those only, can expect to be taught by God, who are ready and willing to do as they are taught... Those who go up to the house of the Lord with an expectation that He will teach them His ways, must go with a humble resolution that they will walk in His paths.”
Source: Experiencing God’s Presence
“See what a hidden life the life of a good Christian is, and how much it is concealed from the eye and observation of the world. The most important part of the business lies between God and our own souls, in the frame of our spirits and the working of our hearts, in our actions that no eye sees except the all-seeing God. Justly are the saints called God's hidden ones, and His secret is said to be with them. They have meat to eat and work to do that the world does not know of, as well as joys, griefs, and cares that a stranger does not share.”
“That which God plants he will take care to keep watered.”
Source: Bible Commentary - Genesis
“What God requires of us he himself works in us, or it is not done. He that commands faith, holiness, and love, creates them by the power of his grace going along with his word, that he may have all the praise.”
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
“None are ruined by the justice of God but those that hate to be reformed by the grace of God.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
“Why wilt thou be so sottish, such an enemy to thyself, as to prefer puddle-water, and that poisoned too and stolen, before pure living waters out of thy own well?”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839
“You have been used to take notice of the sayings of dying men — this is mine: That a life spent in the service of God, and communion with him, is the most comfortable and pleasant life that one can live in the present world.”
“We must believe that He is able to do what He will, wise to do what is best, and good, according to His promise, to do what is best for us, if we love Him, and serve Him.”
Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition
