Matthew Henry

It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.

— Matthew Henry

Men of polite learning and a liberal education.

— Matthew Henry

After a storm comes a calm.

— Matthew Henry

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

— Matthew Henry

Were a man to live as long as Methuselah, and to spend all his days in the highest delights sin can offer, one hour of the anguish and tribulation that must follow, would far outweigh them.

— Matthew Henry

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.

— Matthew Henry

The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.

— Matthew Henry

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep.

— Matthew Henry

The better day, the worse deed.

— Matthew Henry

So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish that he did not only sigh but roar.

— Matthew Henry

To their own second thoughts.

— Matthew Henry

He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

— Matthew Henry

They that die by famine die by inches.

— Matthew Henry

To fish in troubled waters.

— Matthew Henry

Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore called the staff of life.

— Matthew Henry

Hearkners, we say, seldom hear good of themselves.

— Matthew Henry

It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare."

— Matthew Henry

Blushing is the colour of virtue.

— Matthew Henry

It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.

— Matthew Henry

None so blind as those that will not see.

— Matthew Henry

Those may justly be reckoned void of understanding that do not bless and praise God; nor do men ever rightly use their reason till they begin to be religious, nor live as men till they live to the glory of God. As reason is the substratum or subject of religion (so that creatures which have no reason are not capable of religion), so religion is the crown and glory of reason, and we have our reason in vain, and shall one day wish we had never had it, if we do not glorify God with it.

— Matthew Henry

Not lost, but gone before.

— Matthew Henry

Those that are above business.

— Matthew Henry

Saying and doing are two things.

— Matthew Henry

Judas had given them the slip.

— Matthew Henry

Whatever we have, the property of it is God's; we have only the use of it, according to the direction of our great Lord, and for his honour.

— Matthew Henry

After a storm comes a calm.

— Matthew Henry

Men of polite learning and a liberal education.

— Matthew Henry

It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.

— Matthew Henry

It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.

— Matthew Henry

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

— Matthew Henry

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve the purity of it.

— Matthew Henry

An active faith can give thanks for a promise even though it be not yet performed, knowing that God's bonds are as good as ready money.

— 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 between them, and that they mutually illustrate each other.

— Matthew Henry

Men of polite learning and a liberal education.

— Matthew Henry

After a storm comes a calm.

— Matthew Henry