Matthew Henry Quotes

Saying and doing are two things.

Judas had given them the slip.

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

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

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.

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.

The better day, the worse deed.

Those that are above business.

Not lost, but gone before.

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

Blushing is the colour of virtue.

None so blind as those that will not see.

Those who will not be counselled, cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatever.

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.

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.