284 Quotes by Matthew Henry

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.

Those who complain most are most to be complained of.

If you take a book into your hands, be it 'God's book, or any other useful good book,' rely on God to make it profitable to you. Do not waste time reading unprofitable books. When you read, do so not out of vain curiosity but with love for God's kingdom, compassion for human beings, and the intent to turn what you learn into prayers and praises.

No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it hasbecome his interest that there should be none to call him to account.

No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed.

As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.

The justice and truth of God are here written in bloody characters, for the conviction or the confusion of all those that make a jest of his threatenings. Let them not be deceived, God is not mocked.

Prayer is a salve for every sore, even the sorest, a remedy for every malady, even the most grievous.

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.