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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:21
True repentance and faith will lead him that relies on the mercy of God in Christ, to follow after righteousness and mercy in his own conduct.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:22
Those that have wisdom, often do great things, even against those confident of their strength.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:23
It is our great concern to keep our souls from being entangled and disquieted.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:24
Pride and haughtiness make men passionate; such continually deal in wrath, as if it were their trade to be angry.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:25-26
Here is the misery of the slothful; their hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood; yet their hearts cease not to covet riches, pleasures, and honours, which cannot be ob…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:27
When holiness is pretended, but wickedness intended, that especially is an abomination.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:28
The doom of a false witness is certain.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man bids defiance to the terrors of the law and the rebukes of Providence. But a good man asks, What does God require of me?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:30-31
Means are to be used, but, after all, our safety and salvation are only of the Lord. In our spiritual warfare we must arm ourselves with the whole armour of God; but our strength must be in the Lord, and in the power of…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:1
We should be more careful to do that by which we may get and keep a good name, than to raise or add unto a great estate.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:2
Divine Providence has so ordered it, that some are rich, and others poor, but all are guilty before God; and at the throne of God's grace the poor are as welcome as the rich.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:3
Faith foresees the evil coming upon sinners, and looks to Jesus Christ as the sure refuge from the storm.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:4
Where the fear of God is, there will be humility. And much is to be enjoyed by it; spiritual riches, and eternal life at last.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:5
The way of sin is vexatious and dangerous. But the way of duty is safe and easy.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:6
Train children, not in the way they would go, that of their corrupt hearts, but in the way they should go; in which, if you love them, you would have them go. As soon as possible every child should be led to the knowled…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:7
This shows how important it is for every man to keep out of debt. As to the things of this life, there is a difference between the rich and the poor; but let the poor remember, it is the Lord that made the difference.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:8
The power which many abuse, will soon fail them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:9
He that seeks to relieve the wants and miseries of others shall be blessed.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:10
Profane scoffers and revilers disturb the peace.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:11
God will be the Friend of a man in whose spirit there is no guile; this honour have all the saints.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:12
God turns the counsels and designs of treacherous men to their own confusion.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man talks of a lion without, but considers not his real danger from the devil, that roaring lion within, and from his own slothfulness, which kills him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:14
The vile sin of licentiousness commonly besots the mind beyond recovery.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:15
Sin is foolishness, it is in the heart, there is an inward inclination to sin: children bring it into the world with them; and it cleaves close to the soul. We all need to be corrected by our heavenly Father.