Quotes from Matthew Henry

In a day of prosperity we are in great danger of forgetting God, our dependence upon him, our need of him, and our obligations to him. When

is no breach of the law of meekness to show our displeasure at the wickedness of the wicked.

The greatest sign of God's displeasure against any person or people is his taking his law from them.

It is well for us that our salvation doth not depend upon our being able to solve all these difficulties, nor is the divine authority of the gospels at all weakened by them; for the evangelists are not supposed to write these genealogies either of their own knowledge or by divine inspiration

Eaten bread must not be forgotten. God's miracles and mercies are to be had in everlasting remembrance, for our encouragement to trust in him at all times.

The relics of idolatry ought to be abolished as affronts to the holy God and a great reproach to human nature.

Those sins which are concealed from our governors are naked and open before God.

In all our ways that prove pleasant, in which we gain our point, we must acknowledge God with thankfulness. In all our ways that prove uncomfortable, and that are hedged up with thorns, we must acknowledge him with submission. It is promised, He shall direct thy paths; so that thy way shall be safe and good, and happy at last.

God does not command what cannot be done, but admonishes us to do what is in our power, and to pray for what is not.

It is necessary to mankind in general, that there should be religion in the world, absolutely necessary for the preservation of the honour of the human nature, and no less so for the preservation of the order of human societies.

The word of God is the manna by which our souls are nourished, Matt. 4:4.

When Peter would prove himself no disciple of Christ, he cursed and swore.

We must never be drawn into sin by any thing that man can say or do to us, for it will not justify us to say that we were so drawn in.

Though our holy religion teaches us to be for peace, yet it does not forbid us to provide for war.

Herein Moses was a type of Christ, who stands between God and man, to show us the word of the Lord, a blessed days-man, that has laid his hand upon us both, so that we may both hear from God and speak to him without trembling.

those that have received Christ must by faith live upon him, and not receive his grace in vain.

He thought himself a mighty prince, but before the Lord (that is, in God's account) he was but a mighty hunter. Note, Great conquerors are but great hunters. Alexander and Caesar would not make such a figure in scripture-history as they do in common history;

God can bring his people through the greatest difficulties, and force a way where he does not find it.

so we must not come to worship God empty-hearted; our souls must be filled with grace, with pious and devout affections, holy desires towards him, and dedications of ourselves to him, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

As time will not wear out the guilt of sin, so it will not blot out the records of conscience;

The superior nature of Christ is proved from his superior name.

Those are marked for ruin who persist in sin, and are not ashamed of the abominations they have committed, Jer. 8:12.

for we are by baptism brought into covenant, that we may be taught to observe all things whatsoever Christ has commanded us

It is gracious ambition to covet to be like the Most Holy, for he has said, Be ye holy, for I am holy; but it is sinful ambition to aim to be like the Most High, for he has said, He who exalts himself shall be abased.