Matthew Henry

To fish in troubled waters.

— Matthew Henry

Not lost, but gone before.

— Matthew Henry

“None talk more absurdly than murmurers.”

— Matthew Henry

After a storm comes a calm.

— Matthew Henry

Those that are above business.

— Matthew Henry

Love is the root; obedience is the fruit.

— Matthew Henry

They that die by famine die by inches.

— Matthew Henry

Grace in the soul is heaven in that soul.

— Matthew Henry

God is either your worst enemy or your best friend.

— Matthew Henry

That which God plants he will take care to keep watered.

— Matthew Henry

Anger cannot rest in the bosom where love reigns.

— Matthew Henry

Brotherly love is still the distinguishing badge of every true Christian.

— Matthew Henry

The grace that saves them is the free undeserved goodness and favor of God.

— Matthew Henry

God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer.

— Matthew Henry

It is better to take time to consider, than find time to repent.

— Matthew Henry

The counsels and decrees of God do not truckle to the frail and fickle will of man.

— Matthew Henry

Scriptures were written, not to satisfy our curiosity and make us astronomers, but to lead us to God, and make us saints.

— Matthew Henry

Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man according as he has or has not a heart to make good…

— Matthew Henry

If ill thoughts at any time enter into the mind of a good man, he doth not roll them under his tongue…

— Matthew Henry

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

— Matthew Henry

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

— Matthew Henry

It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him.

— Matthew Henry

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

— Matthew Henry

The God of Israel is sometimes a God who hides Himself, but never a God who absents Himself; sometimes in the dark,…

— Matthew Henry

When he [the slothful person] is pressed to be diligent, either in his worldly affairs or in the business of religion, this…

— Matthew Henry

By the light of nature we see God as a God above us, by the light of the law we see Him…

— Matthew Henry

“No delights can be agreeable nor satisfying to a soul but those that God himself has provided and appointed for it; no…

— Matthew Henry

It is a sin against God not to pray for the Israel of God, especially for those of them that are under…

— Matthew Henry

A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends…

— Matthew Henry

It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it is an evidence of strong faith and resolution to…

— Matthew Henry

We have no sufficient strength of our own. All our sufficiency is of God. We should stir up ourselves to resist temptations…

— Matthew Henry

In all God's providences, it is good to compare His word and His works together; for we shall find a beautiful harmony…

— Matthew Henry

“Our faith, our conversion, and our eternal salvation, are not of works, lest any man should boast. These things are not brought…

— Matthew Henry

Let us watch against unbelief, pride, and self-confidence. If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly fall;…

— Matthew Henry

“If old people be found in the way of righteousness, their age will be their honour. Old age, as such, is honourable,…

— Matthew Henry

Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in…

— Matthew Henry

Those may justly be reckoned void of understanding that do not bless and praise God; nor do men ever rightly use their…

— Matthew Henry

“This practice was forbidden in Rome by Numa, a pagan prince; yet commanded in Rome by the pope, a Christian bishop, but,…

— Matthew Henry

“mic.6.7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my…

— Matthew Henry

“mic.7.18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage?…

— Matthew Henry