284 Quotes by Matthew Henry

Humility is the great preserver of peace and order in all Christian churches and societies, consequently pride is the great disturber of them, and the cause of most dissensions and breaches in the church.

...When we are waiting upon God to bless us, we should stir up ourselves to bless him.

A state of apostasy is worse than a state of ignorance.

The greatest of men must turn beggars when they have to do with Christ.

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.

Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing.

I would think it a greater happiness to gain one soul to Christ than mountains of silver and gold to myself.

Pure Christianity and serious godliness fear not the scrutiny of a free thought, but despise the impotent malice of a prejudiced one.

Poor people are as much in danger from an inordinate desire towards the wealth of the world as rich from an inordinate delight in it.