284 Quotes by Matthew Henry


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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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    Omissions are sins, and must come into judgment, and particularly the contempt and neglect of the seals of the covenant;.

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    God’s Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.

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    Let us watch against unbelief, pride, and self-confidence. If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly fall; but having our hearts and our hopes in heaven, we shall be carried above all difficulties, and be enabled to lay hold of the prize of our high calling in Christ Jesus.

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    Those who will not deliver themselves into the hand of God’s mercy cannot be delivered out of the hand of His justice.

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    Skill in secular employments is God’s gift, and comes from above, Jam. 1:17.

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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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    God will always have a church on earth; but he never said it should be infallible, or perfectly pure from corruption on this side heaven.

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