mhcc - vanity

mhcc@Genesis:4:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...another son was as vanity to...-known emblem, and also the sufferings of Christ, were prefigured. Observe that the religious worship of God is no new invention. It was from the beginning; it is the good old way, Jeremiah strkjv@6:16. The offerings of Cain and Abel were different. Cain showed a proud, unbelieving heart. Therefore he and his offering were rejected. Abel came as a sinner, and according to God's appointment, by his sacrifice expressing humility, sincerity, and believing obedience. Thus, seeking the benefit of the new covenant of mercy, through the promised Seed, his sacrifice had a token that God accepted it. Abel offered in faith, and Cain did not, Hebrews strkjv@11:4. In all ages there have been two sorts of worshippers, such as Cain and Abel; namely, proud, hardened despisers of the gospel method of salvation, who attempt to please God in ways of their own devising; and humble believers, who draw near to him in the way he has revealed. Cain indulged malignant anger against Abel. He harboured an evil spirit of discontent and rebellion against God. God notices all our sinful passions and discontents. There is not an angry, envious, or fretful look, that escapes his observing eye. The Lord reasoned with this rebellious man; if he came in the right way, he should be accepted. Some understand this as an intimation of mercy. "If thou doest not well, sin, that is, the sin-offering, lies at the door, and thou mayest take the benefit of it." The same word signifies sin, and a sacrifice for sin. "Though thou hast not done well, yet do not despair; the remedy is at hand." Christ, the great sin-offering, is said to stand at the door, Revelation strkjv@3:20. And those well deserve to perish in their sins, that will not go to the door to ask for the benefit of this sin-offering. God's acceptance of Abel's offering did not change the birthright, and make it his; why then should Cain be so angry? Sinful heats and disquiets vanish before a strict and fair inquiry into the cause.

mhcc@Genesis:26:12-17 @ Verse 12-17 -...an instance of the vanity of...

mhcc@Genesis:47:7-12 @ Verse 7-12 -...After a life of vanity and...

mhcc@Numbers:11:16-23 @ Verse 16-23 -...See here, I. The vanity of...2. What brutish sins gluttony and drunkenness are! they make that to hurt the body which should be its health. Moses objects. Even true and great believers sometimes find it hard to trust God under the discouragements of second causes, and against hope to believe in hope. God here brings Moses to this point, The Lord God is Almighty; and puts the proof upon the issue, Thou shalt see whether my word shall come to pass or not. If he speaks, it is done.

mhcc@Ruth:2:17-23 @ Verse 17-23 - It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take care that we lose not those things which we have wrought, which we have gained for our souls' good, 2John strkjv@1:8. Parents should examine their children, as Naomi did, not to frighten or discourage them, so as to make them hate home, or tempt them to tell a lie; but to commend them if they have done well, and with mildness to reprove and caution them if they have done otherwise. It is a good question for us to ask ourselves every night, Where have I gleaned to-...of the land; her vanity ended...34. Ruth kept at home, and helped to maintain her mother, and went out on no other errand than to get provision for her; her humility and industry ended in preferment. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@1Samuel:16:14-23 @ Verse 14-23 -...be abused, to support vanity and..._1__17 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@1Samuel:18:6-11 @ Verse 6-11 -...them; such is the vanity of...-natured. Compare David, with his harp in his hand, aiming to serve Saul, and Saul, with his javelin in his hand, aiming to slay David; and observe the sweetness and usefulness of God's persecuted people, and the barbarity of their persecutors. But David's safety must be ascribed to God's providence.

mhcc@1Kings:10:14-29 @ Verse 14-29 -...book, to show the vanity of..._1__11 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@Esther:8:1-2 @ Verse 1,2 -...happy change. See the vanity of...

mhcc@Job:5:6-16 @ Verse 6-16 -...our bodies, and the vanity of...

mhcc@Job:6:14-30 @ Verse 14-30 -...such convictions of the vanity of...-bed, a death-bed, or in trouble of conscience. Job upbraids his friends with their hard usage. Though in want, he desired no more from them than a good look and a good word. It often happens that, even when we expect little from man, we have less; but from God, even when we expect much, we have more. Though Job differed from them, yet he was ready to yield as soon as it was made to appear that he was in error. Though Job had been in fault, yet they ought not to have given him such hard usage. His righteousness he holds fast, and will not let it go. He felt that there had not been such iniquity in him as they supposed. But it is best to commit our characters to Him who keeps our souls; in the great day every upright believer shall have praise of God. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:7:7-16 @ Verse 7-16 -...to the shortness and vanity of...

mhcc@Job:8:8-19 @ Verse 8-19 - Bildad discourses well of hypocrites and evil-...This doctrine of the vanity of...

mhcc@Job:11:7-12 @ Verse 7-12 -...concerning man and his vanity and...-conceited. He would be wise, would be thought so, though he will not submit to the laws of wisdom. He would be wise, he reaches after forbidden wisdom, and, like his first parents, aiming to be wise above what is written, loses the tree of life for the tree of knowledge. Is such a creature as this fit to contend with God?

mhcc@Psalms:62:8-12 @ Verse 8-12 -...happy is lighter than vanity itself....**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:98:1-3 @ Verse 1-3 -...all light songs of vanity for...

mhcc@Psalms:119:33-40 @ Verse 33-40 -...liveliness of spirit. Beholding vanity deadens...

mhcc@Psalms:135 @ ****** Psalms 135 ****** *** Outline of Psalms 135 *** God to be praised for his mercy. (_1-4.) For his power and judgments. (_5-14.) The vanity of idols. (_15-21.) *** Commentary ***

mhcc@Proverbs:8:12-21 @ Verse 12-21 -...better. Wealth gotten by vanity will...

mhcc@Proverbs:14:1 @ Verse 1 - A woman who has no fear of God, who is wilful and wasteful, and indulges her ease, will as certainly ruin her family, as if she plucked her house down.2. Here are grace and sin in their true colours. Those that despise God's precepts and promises, despise God and all his power and mercy.3. Pride grows from that root of bitterness which is in the heart. The root must be plucked up, or we cannot conquer this branch. The prudent words of wise men get them out of difficulties.4. There can be no advantage without something which, though of little moment, will affright the indolent.5. A conscientious witness will not dare to represent anything otherwise than according to his knowledge.6. A scorner treats Divine things with contempt. He that feels his ignorance and unworthiness will search the Scriptures in a humble spirit.7. We discover a wicked man if there is no savour of piety in his discourse.8. We are travellers, whose concern is, not to spy out wonders, but to get to their journey's end; to understand the rules we are to walk by, also the ends we are to walk toward. The bad man cheats himself, and goes on in his mistake.9. Foolish and profane men consider sin a mere trifle, to be made light of rather than mourned over. Fools mock at the sin-offering; but those that make light of sin, make light of Christ.10. We do not know what stings of conscience, or consuming passions, torment the prosperous sinner. Nor does the world know the peace of mind a serious Christian enjoys, even in poverty and sickness.11. Sin ruins many great families; whilst righteousness often raises and strengthens even mean families.12. The ways of carelessness, of worldliness, and of sensuality, seem right to those that walk in them; but self-deceivers prove self-destroyers. See the vanity of carnal mirth.14. Of all sinners backsliders will have the most terror when they reflect on their own ways.15. Eager readiness to believe what others say, has ever proved mischievous. The whole world was thus ruined at first. The man who is spiritually wise, depends on the Saviour alone for acceptance. He is watchful against the enemies of his salvation, by taking heed to God's word.16. Holy fear guards against every thing unholy.17. An angry man is to be pitied as well as blamed; but the revengeful is more hateful.

mhcc@Proverbs:19:11. @ Verse 11. -. He attains the most true glory who endeavours most steadily to overcome evil with good.12. Christ is a King, whose wrath against his enemies will be as the roaring of a lion, and his favour to his people as the refreshing dew.13. It shows the vanity of the world, that we are liable to the greatest griefs where we promise ourselves the greatest comfort.

mhcc@Proverbs:30:7-9 @ Verse 7-9 -...we are removed from vanity and...

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:1 @ ****** Ecclesiastes 1 ****** *** General Notes on the Book of Ecclesiastes ***...convinces us of the vanity of...*** Outline of Ecclesiastes 1 *** Solomon shows that all human things are vain. (_1-3.) Man's toil and want of satisfaction. (_4-8.) There is nothing new. (_9-11.) The vexation in pursuit of knowledge. (_12-18.) *** Commentary ***

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:1:1-3 @ Verse 1-3 -...but that they are vanity. VANITY...

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:1:12-18 @ Verse 12-18 -...cause of all this vanity and...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:2 @ ****** Ecclesiastes 2 ****** *** Outline of Ecclesiastes 2 *** The vanity and vexation of mirth, sensual pleasure, riches, and pomp. (_1-11.) Human wisdom insufficient. (_12-17.) This world to be used according to the will of God. (_18-26.) *** Commentary ***

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:2:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 -...owner himself. All was vanity and...

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:2:12-17 @ Verse 12-17 -...as it is all vanity and...

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:3 @ ****** Ecclesiastes 3 ****** *** Outline of Ecclesiastes 3 *** The changes of human affairs. (_1-10.) The Divine counsels unchangeable. (_11-15.) The vanity of worldly power. (_16-22.) *** Commentary ***

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:4:13-16 @ Verse 13-16 -...to oblige; this is vanity and...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:5 @ ****** Ecclesiastes 5 ****** *** Outline of Ecclesiastes 5 *** What renders devotion vain. (_1-3.) Of vows, and oppression. (_4-8.) the vanity of riches shown. (_9-7.) The right use of riches. (_18-20.) *** Commentary ***

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:6 @ ****** Ecclesiastes 6 ****** *** Outline of Ecclesiastes 6 *** The vanity of riches. Also of long life and flourishing families. (_1-6.) The little advantage any one has in outward things. (_7-12.) *** Commentary ***

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:11:7-10 @ Verse 7-10 -...let them remember the vanity of...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:12:8-14 @ Verse 8-14 - Solomon repeats his text, VANITY OF VANITIES, ALL IS VANITY. These are the words of one that could speak by dear-...All things would be vanity and...__1 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Isaiah:3:16-26 @ Verse 16-26 -...notices the folly and vanity of...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Isaiah:22:15-25 @ Verse 15-25 -...vanity, and security; what vanity is...

mhcc@Isaiah:23:1-14 @ Verse 1-14 -...convince men of the vanity and...

mhcc@Isaiah:24:1-12 @ Verse 1-12 -...Scripture says of the vanity and...

mhcc@Isaiah:41 @ ****** Isaiah 41 ****** *** Outline of Isaiah 41 *** God's care of his people. (_1-9.) they are encouraged not to fear. (_10-20.) The vanity and folly of idolatry. (_21-29.) *** Commentary ***

mhcc@Isaiah:55:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...body; for all is vanity and...

mhcc@Jeremiah:32:26-44 @ Verse 26-44 -...of true holiness, the vanity of...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ezekiel:26:15-21 @ Verse 15-21 -...that is earthly is vanity and...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ezekiel:32:1-16 @ Verse 1-16 -...those who know the vanity of...

mhcc@Ezekiel:35:10-15 @ Verse 10-15 -...When we see the vanity of...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Daniel:8:1-14 @ Verse 1-14 - God gives Daniel a foresight of the destruction of other kingdoms, which in their day were as powerful as that of Babylon. Could we foresee the changes that shall be when we are gone, we should be less affected with changes in our own day. The ram with two horns was the second empire, that of Media and Persia. He saw this ram overcome by a he-goat. This was Alexander the Great. Alexander, when about thirty-...died, and showed the vanity of...

mhcc@Matthew:15:1-9 @ Verse 1-9 -...trust in vanity, and vanity will...

mhcc@Matthew:20:20-28 @ Verse 20-28 -...To put down the vanity and...18:11. Baptism is an ordinance by which we are joined to the Lord in covenant and communion; and so is suffering for Christ,

mhcc@Acts:27:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 -...convince sinners of the vanity of...

mhcc@Romans:8:28-31 @ Verse 28-31 -...end; from sin and vanity to...3. Whom he called, them he also justified. None are thus justified but those that are effectually called. Those who stand out against the gospel call, abide under guilt and wrath. 4. Whom he justified, them he also glorified. The power of corruption being broken in effectual calling, and the guilt of sin removed in justification, nothing can come between that soul and glory. This encourages our faith and hope; for, as for God, his way, his work, is perfect. The apostle speaks as one amazed, and swallowed up in admiration, wondering at the height and depth, and length and breadth, of the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. The more we know of other things, the less we wonder; but the further we are led into gospel mysteries, the more we are affected by them. While God is for us, and we keep in his love, we may with holy boldness defy all the powers of darkness.

mhcc@Ephesians:4:17-24 @ Verse 17-24 -...side, walk in the vanity of...

mhcc@1Timothy:2:8-15 @ Verse 8-15 -...were wholly free from vanity in...-bearing, or with child-bearing, by the Messiah, who was born of a woman. And the especial sorrow to which the female sex is subject, should cause men to exercise their authority with much gentleness, tenderness, and affection. Henry'_1__3 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@Hebrews:11:20-31 @ Verse 20-31 -...the soul, shows the vanity of...

mhcc@James:4:11-17 @ Verse 11-17 -...ought to check the vanity and...-morrow, but we cannot fix the certain time of a vapour being scattered. So short, unreal, and fading is human life, and all the prosperity or enjoyment that attends it; though bliss or woe for ever must be according to our conduct during this fleeting moment. We are always to depend on the will of God. Our times are not in our own hands, but at the disposal of God. Our heads may be filled with cares and contrivances for ourselves, or our families, or our friends; but Providence often throws our plans into confusion. All we design, and all we do, should be with submissive dependence on God. It is foolish, and it is hurtful, to boast of worldly things and aspiring projects; it will bring great disappointment, and will prove destruction in the end. Omissions are sins which will be brought into judgment, as well as commissions. He that does not the good he knows should be done, as well as he who does the evil he knows should not be done, will be condemned. Oh that we were as careful not to omit prayer, and not to neglect to meditate and examine our consciences, as we are not to commit gross outward vices against light! **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@1Peter:1:17-25 @ Verse 17-25 -...born again, observe the vanity of..._1__2 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@1Peter:3:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...is not forbidden, but vanity and...

mhcc@2Peter:3:11-18 @ Verse 11-18 -...earth; freed from the vanity to...-denial and suspicion of ourselves, and submission to the authority of Christ Jesus, before we can heartily receive all the truths of the gospel, therefore we are in great danger of rejecting the truth. And whatever opinions and thoughts of men are not according to the law of God, and warranted by it, the believer disclaims and abhors. Those who are led away by error, fall from their own stedfastness. And that we may avoid being led away, we must seek to grow in all grace, in faith, and virtue, and knowledge. Labour to know Christ more clearly, and more fully; to know him so as to be more like him, and to love him better. This is the knowledge of Christ, which the apostle Paul reached after, and desired to attain; and those who taste this effect of the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, will, upon receiving such grace from him, give thanks and praise him, and join in ascribing glory to him now, in the full assurance of doing the same hereafter, for ever. Henry'_1__1 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@Jude:1:1-4 @ Verse 1-4 -...sin to Christ, from vanity to...

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