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mhcc@Genesis:3:6-8 @ Verse 6-8 -...have done ill, are willing to...5. He did eat. In neglecting the tree of life, of which he was allowed to eat, and eating of the tree of knowledge, which was forbidden, Adam plainly showed a contempt of what God had bestowed on him, and a desire for what God did not see fit to give him. He would have what he pleased, and do what he pleased. His sin was, in one word, disobedience, Romans strkjv@5:19. disobedience to a plain, easy, and express command. He had no corrupt nature within, to betray him; but had a freedom of will, in full strength, not weakened or impaired. He turned aside quickly. He drew all his posterity into sin and ruin. Who then can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? When too late, Adam and Eve saw the folly of eating forbidden fruit. They saw the happiness they fell from, and the misery they were fallen into. They saw a loving God provoked, his grace and favour forfeited. See her what dishonour and trouble sin is; it makes mischief wherever it gets in, and destroys all comfort. Sooner or later it will bring shame; either the shame of true repentance, which ends in glory, or that shame and everlasting contempt, to which the wicked shall rise at the great day. See here what is commonly the folly of those that have sinned. They have more care to save their credit before men, than to obtain their pardon from God. The excuses men make to cover and lessen their sins, are vain and frivolous; like the aprons of fig-leaves, they make the matter never the better: yet we are all apt to cover our transgressions as Adam. Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. No marvel that they became a terror to themselves, and full of confusion. This shows the falsehood of the tempter, and the frauds of his temptations. Satan promised they should be safe, but they cannot so much as think themselves so! Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other!

mhcc@Genesis:3:9-13 @ Verse 9-13 -...laws. Those who are willing to...7:11. Hebrews strkjv@3:13. But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. Let it not lessen our sorrow for sin, that we were beguiled into it; but let it increase our self-indignation, that we should suffer ourselves to be deceived by a known cheat, and a sworn enemy, who would destroy our souls.

mhcc@Genesis:13:5-9 @ Verse 5-9 - Riches not only afford matter for strife, and are the things most commonly striven about; but they also stir up a spirit of contention, by making people proud and covetous. Mine and thine are the great make-...is noble to be willing to...

mhcc@Genesis:22:15-19 @ Verse 15-19 -...with. Those that are willing to...18, doubtless points at the Messiah, and the grace of the gospel. Hereby we know the loving-kindness of God our Saviour towards sinful man, in that he hath not withheld his Son, his only Son, from us. Hereby we perceive the love of Christ, in that he gave himself a sacrifice for our sins. Yet he lives, and calls to sinners to come to him, and partake of his blood-bought salvation. He calls to his redeemed people to rejoice in him, and to glorify him. What then shall we render for all his benefits? Let his love constrain us to live not to ourselves, but to Him who died for us, and rose again. Admiring and adoring His grace, let us devote our all to his service, who laid down his life for our salvation. Whatever is dearest to us upon earth is our Isaac. And the only way for us to find comfort in an earthly thing, is to give it by faith into the hands of God. Yet remember that Abraham was not justified by his readiness to obey, but by the infinitely more noble obedience of Jesus Christ; his faith receiving this, relying on this, rejoicing in this, disposed and made him able for such wonderful self-denial and duty.

mhcc@Genesis:24:54-67 @ Verse 54-67 -...to, as made her willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Genesis:28:10-15 @ Verse 10-15 -...true believer would be willing to...1. The providence of God, by which there is a constant intercourse kept up between heaven and earth. This let Jacob know that he had both a good guide and a good guard. 2. The mediation of Christ. He is this ladder; the foot on earth in his human nature, the top in heaven in his Divine nature. Christ is the Way; all God's favours come to us, and all our services go to him, by Christ, John strkjv@1:51. By this way, sinners draw near to the throne of grace with acceptance. By faith we perceive this way, and in prayer we approach by it. In answer to prayer we receive all needful blessings of providence and grace. We have no way of getting to heaven but by Christ. And when the soul, by faith, can see these things, then every place will become pleasant, and every prospect joyful. He will never leave us, until his last promise is accomplished in our everlasting happiness. God now spake comfortably to Jacob. He spake from the head of the ladder. All the glad tidings we receive from heaven come through Jesus Christ. The Messiah should come from Jacob. Christ is the great blessing of the world. All that are blessed, are blessed in him, and none of any family are shut out from blessedness in him, but those that shut out themselves. Jacob had to fear danger from his brother Esau; but God promises to keep him. He had a long journey before him; to an unknown country; but, Behold, I am with thee, and God promises to bring him back again to this land. He seemed to be forsaken of all his friends; but God gives him this assurance, I will not leave thee. Whom God loves, he never leaves.

mhcc@Genesis:30:25-43 @ Verse 25-43 -...being gone, Jacob was willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Genesis:31:43-55 @ Verse 43-55 -...matter. He is not willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Genesis:45:25-28 @ Verse 25-28 -...is enough, I am willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Genesis:47:13-26 @ Verse 13-26 -...Christ, we shall be willing to...

mhcc@Genesis:48:8-22 @ Verse 8-22 -...crossed hands. Joseph was willing to...-born, and would have removed his father's hands. But Jacob acted neither by mistake, nor from a partial affection to one more than the other; but from a spirit of prophecy, and by the Divine counsel. God, in bestowing blessings upon his people, gives more to some than to others, more gifts, graces, and comforts, and more of the good things of this life. He often gives most to those that are least likely. He chooses the weak things of the world; he raises the poor out of the dust. Grace observes not the order of nature, nor does God prefer those whom we think fittest to be preferred, but as it pleases him. How poor are they who have no riches but those of this world! How miserable is a death-bed to those who have no well-grounded hope of good, but dreadful apprehensions of evil, and nothing but evil for ever! **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Exodus:3:16-22 @ Verse 16-22 -...Thus are men made willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Exodus:7:8-13 @ Verse 8-13 -...bent to disobey, and willing to...

mhcc@Exodus:10:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 -...in captivity. Satan is willing to...

mhcc@Exodus:12:37-42 @ Verse 37-42 -...with them. Some, perhaps, willing to...430 years from the promise made to Abraham: see Galatians strkjv@3:17. So long the promise of a settlement was unfulfilled. But though God's promises are not performed quickly, they will be, in their season. This is that night of the Lord, that remarkable night, to be celebrated in all generations. The great things God does for his people, are to be not only a few days' wonder, but to be remembered throughout all ages; especially the work of our redemption by Christ. This first passover-night was a night of the Lord, much to be observed; but the last passover-night, in which Christ was betrayed and in which the first passover, with the rest of the Jewish ceremonies, was done away, was a night of the Lord, much more to be observed. Then a yoke, heavier than that of Egypt, was broken from off our necks, and a land, better than that of Canaan, set before us. It was a redemption to be celebrated in heaven, for ever and ever.

mhcc@Exodus:21:22-36 @ Verse 22-36 -...we must be very willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Exodus:24:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...blood of Christ, renders willing and...

mhcc@Exodus:32:30-35 @ Verse 30-35 -...in Christ, he was willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Exodus:35:4-19 @ Verse 4-19 -...Whosoever is of a willing heart,...1st Peter strkjv@4:10. Those that were rich, must bring in materials to work on; those that were skilful, must serve the tabernacle with their skill: as they needed one another, so the tabernacle needed them both, 1st Corinthians strkjv@12:7-21.

mhcc@Exodus:35:20-29 @ Verse 20-29 -...accepted. Our hearts are willing, when...-hearted, because they did it heartily to the Lord. Thus the labourer, mechanic, or servant who attends to his work in the faith and fear of God, may be as wise, for his place, as the most useful minister, and he equally accepted of the Lord. Our wisdom and duty consist in giving God the glory and use of our talents, be they many or few.

mhcc@Exodus:35:30-35 @ Verse 30-35 - Here is the Divine appointment of the master-...given knowledge, should be willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Exodus:38:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...his ordinances, and more willing to...-glasses, these served the same purposes.

mhcc@Leviticus:1:1-2 @ Verse 1,2 - The offering of sacrifices was an ordinance of true religion, from the fall of man unto the coming of Christ. But till the Israelites were in the wilderness, no very particular regulations seem to have been appointed. The general design of these laws is plain. The sacrifices typified Christ; they also shadowed out the believer's duty, character, privilege, and communion with God. There is scarcely any thing spoken of the Lord Jesus in Scripture which has not also a reference to his people. This book begins with the laws concerning sacrifices; the most ancient were the burnt-...the people would be willing to...

mhcc@Leviticus:1:10-17 @ Verse 10-17 - Those who could not offer a bullock, were to bring a sheep or a goat; and those who were not able to do that, were accepted of God, if they brought a turtle-...proper expressions of a willing mind....**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Leviticus:25:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...We are to exercise willing dependence...

mhcc@Numbers:22:22-35 @ Verse 22-35 -...of his heart, or willing to...

mhcc@Numbers:33:50-56 @ Verse 50-56 -...that which we are willing should...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Deuteronomy:10:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 -...qualifying and making some willing for...

mhcc@Deuteronomy:19:1-13 @ Verse 1-13 -...which was not his willing act....

mhcc@Deuteronomy:31:14-22 @ Verse 14-22 -...are most ready and willing to...

mhcc@Deuteronomy:34:5-8 @ Verse 5-8 -...at last, and be willing to...21:13. The place of his burial was not known. If the soul be at rest with God, it is of little consequence where the body rests. There was no decay in the strength of his body, nor in the vigour and activity of his mind; his understanding was as clear, and his memory as strong as ever. This was the reward of his services, the effect of his extraordinary meekness. There was solemn mourning for him. Yet how great soever our losses have been, we must not give ourselves up to sorrow. If we hope to go to heaven rejoicing, why should we go to the grave mourning?

mhcc@Joshua:24:15-28 @ Verse 15-28 -...for heaven, must be willing to...

mhcc@Judges:1:21-36 @ Verse 21-36 -...their covetousness: they were willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Judges:2:6-23 @ Verse 6-23 -...but we are not willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Judges:7:23-25 @ Verse 23-25 -...matter begun, we were willing to...-labourers to the finishing and perfecting the same, and not, as often, hinder one another. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Judges:11:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 -...little worldly honour, was willing to...

mhcc@Judges:15:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...or forget, and most willing to...

mhcc@Ruth:4:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...word, but they are willing to...

mhcc@1Samuel:1:9-18 @ Verse 9-18 -...must we. Eli was willing to...-seat of a reconciled God in Christ Jesus.

mhcc@1Samuel:6:1-9 @ Verse 1-9 -...more than death. How willing bad...

mhcc@1Samuel:15:10-23 @ Verse 10-23 - Repentance in God is not a change of mind, as it is in us, but a change of method. The change was in Saul; "He is turned back from following me." Hereby he made God his enemy. Samuel spent a whole night in pleading for Saul. The rejection of sinners is the grief of believers: God delights not in their death, nor should we. Saul boasts to Samuel of his obedience. Thus sinners think, by justifying themselves, to escape being judged of the Lord. The noise the cattle made, like the rust of the silver, James strkjv@5:3,. witnessed against him. Many boast of obedience to the command of God; but what means then their indulgence of the flesh, their love of the world, their angry and unkind spirit, and their neglect of holy duties, which witness against them? See of what evil covetousness is the root; and see what is the sinfulness of sin, and notice that in it which above any thing else makes it evil in the sight of the Lord; it is disobedience: "Thou didst not obey the voice of the Lord." Carnal, deceitful hearts, like Saul, think to excuse themselves from God's commandments by what pleases themselves. It is hard to convince the children of disobedience. But humble, sincere, and conscientious obedience to the will of God, is more pleasing and acceptable to him than all burnt-...men, who are not willing that...

mhcc@1Samuel:18:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...own souls, will be willing to...

mhcc@1Samuel:25:39-44 @ Verse 39-44 -...to Christ, must be willing now..._1__26 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@2Samuel:3:22-39 @ Verse 22-39 -...noticed by all his willing people,..._2__4 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@2Samuel:12:15-25 @ Verse 15-25 -...his sin. He was willing to...

mhcc@2Samuel:14:21-24 @ Verse 21-24 -...toward poor sinners, not willing that...

mhcc@2Samuel:15:7-12 @ Verse 7-12 - See how willing tender parents are to believe the best concerning their children. But how easy and how wicked is it, for children to take advantage of good parents, and to deceive them with the show of religion! The principal men of Jerusalem joined Absalom's feast upon his sacrifice. Pious persons are glad to see others appear religious, and this gives occasion for deceptions. The policy of wicked men, and the subtlety of Satan, are exerted to draw good persons to countenance base designs.

mhcc@2Samuel:15:13-23 @ Verse 13-23 -...Christ enlists none but willing followers....

mhcc@2Samuel:19:9-15 @ Verse 9-15 -...heart, and makes it willing in...110:2,3.

mhcc@2Samuel:23:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...their attractions; he was willing to...73:24-28. Still the power of evil, and the weakness of his faith, hope, and love, were his grief and burden. Doubtless he would have allowed that his own slackness and want of care were the cause; but the hope that he should soon be made perfect in glory, encouraged him in his dying moments.

mhcc@1Kings:8:54-61 @ Verse 54-61 -...heart is of itself willing to...

mhcc@1Kings:17:8-16 @ Verse 8-16 - Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, and some, it is likely, would have bidden him welcome to their houses; yet he is sent to honour and bless with his presence a city of Sidon, a Gentile city, and so becomes the first prophet of the Gentiles. Jezebel was Elijah's greatest enemy; yet, to show her how powerless was her malice, God will find a hiding-...made both able and willing to...

mhcc@2Kings:5:9-14 @ Verse 9-14 -...Observe, masters should be willing to...

mhcc@2Kings:12:1-16 @ Verse 1-16 -...well for themselves, when willing to...-third year of his reign. Another method was therefore taken. When public distributions are made faithfully, public contributions will be made cheerfully. While they were getting all they could for the repair of the temple, they did not break in upon the stated maintenance of the priests. Let not the servants of the temple be starved, under colour of repairing the breaches of it. Those that were intrusted did the business carefully and faithfully. They did not lay it out in ornaments for the temple, till the other work was completed; hence we may learn, in all our expenses, to prefer that which is most needful, and, in dealing for the public, to deal as we would for ourselves.

mhcc@2Kings:13:1-9 @ Verse 1-9 -...to hear prayer; how willing to...

mhcc@1Chronicles:28:1-10 @ Verse 1-10 -...perfect heart and a willing mind....

mhcc@2Chronicles:2 @ Henry'_2__1 ****** 2nd Chronicles 2 ****** *** Outline of 2nd Chronicles 2 *** Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram. -...the Israelites had been willing in...-begotten Son to be their Prince and their Saviour. __Outline Henry'_2__3 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@2Chronicles:11:13-23 @ Verse 13-23 -...proved that we are willing to..._2__12 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@Ezra:10:6-14 @ Verse 6-14 -...the gospel, and are willing to...

mhcc@Nehemiah:11 @ ****** Nehemiah 11 ****** *** Outline of Nehemiah 11 *** The distribution of the people. -...how shall we be willing to...-minded, the perfect holiness of the New Jerusalem would be still harder to bear than the holiness of God's church on earth. Let us seek first the favour of God, and his glory; let us study to be patient, contented, and useful in our several stations, and wait, with cheerful hope, for admission into the holy city of God. __Outline Henry'__12 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Esther:7:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...God is able and willing to...

mhcc@Job:3:20-26 @ Verse 20-26 -...for eternal mercy, if willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:13:23-28 @ Verse 23-28 -...A true penitent is willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:17:10-16 @ Verse 10-16 - Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-...should not they go willingly when...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:31:33-40 @ Verse 33-40 -...to confess our faults, willing to...28:13. He speaks of his courage in what is good, as an evidence of his sincerity in it. When men get estates unjustly, they are justly deprived of comfort from them; it was sown wheat, but shall come up thistles. What men do not come honestly by, will never do them any good. The words of Job are ended. They end with a bold assertion, that, with respect to accusation against his moral and religious character as the cause for his sufferings, he could appeal to God. But, however confident Job was, we shall see he was mistaken, chap. strkjv@40:4,5. 1st John strkjv@1:8. Let us all judge ourselves; wherein we are guilty, let us seek forgiveness in that blood which cleanseth from all sin; and may the Lord have mercy upon us, and write his laws in our hearts! **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:34:31-37 @ Verse 31-37 -...A good man is willing to...145:17. The believer saith, Let my Saviour, my wise and loving Lord, choose every thing for me. I am sure that will be wisest, and the best for his glory and my good. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:36:5-14 @ Verse 5-14 -...taught: affliction makes people willing to...

mhcc@Psalms:7:10-17 @ Verse 10-17 - David is confident that he shall find God his powerful Saviour. The destruction of sinners may be prevented by their conversion; for it is threatened, If he turn not from his evil way, let him expect it will be his ruin. But amidst the threatenings of wrath, we have a gracious offer of mercy. God gives sinners warning of their danger, and space to repent, and prevent it. He is slow to punish, and long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish. The sinner is described, ver.14-16, as taking more pains to ruin his soul than, if directed aright, would save it. This is true, in a sense, of all sinners. Let us look to the Saviour under all our trials. Blessed Lord, give us grace to look to thee in the path of tribulation, going before thy church and people, and marking the way by thine own spotless example. Under all the persecutions which in our lesser trials mark our way, let the looking to Jesus animate our minds and comfort our hearts. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:14 @ ****** Psalms 14 ****** *** Outline of Psalms 14 *** A description of the depravity of human nature, and the deplorable corruption of a great part of mankind. -...be none; he is willing to...__Outline Henry'__15 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:21:7-13 @ Verse 7-13 -...not. God makes sinners willing by...-powerful grace, in our hearts, destroying all the strong-holds of sin and Satan. How great should be our joy and praise to behold our Brother and Friend upon the throne, and for all the blessings we may expect from him! yet he delights in his exalted state, as enabling him to confer happiness and glory on poor sinners, who are taught to love and trust in him. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:27:7-14 @ Verse 7-14 -...gracious God, being made willing in...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:34:11-22 @ Verse 11-22 -...and pursue it; be willing to...-confidence. In this soil every grace will flourish, and nothing can encourage such a one but the free, rich grace of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The righteous are taken under the special protection of the Lord, yet they have their share of crosses in this world, and there are those that hate them. Both from the mercy of Heaven, and the malice of hell, the afflictions of the righteous must be many. But whatever troubles befal them, shall not hurt their souls, for God keeps them from sinning in troubles. No man is desolate, but he whom God has forsaken. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:47:1-4 @ Verse 1-4 - The God with whom we have to do, is a God of awful majesty. The universal and absolute sovereignty of a holy God would be too terrible for us even to think of, were it not exercised by his Son from a mercy-...and make them a willing people...

mhcc@Psalms:68:15-21 @ Verse 15-21 -...Benefactor to all his willing people,...

mhcc@Psalms:79:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...a Father able and willing to...

mhcc@Psalms:83:9-18 @ Verse 9-18 -...ourselves to be his willing servants....**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:110 @ ****** Psalms 110 ****** *** Outline of Psalms 110 *** Christ's kingdom. -...over us. Are we willing to...__Outline Henry'__111 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:119:57-64 @ Verse 57-64 - True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-...that others are more willing to...

mhcc@Proverbs:3:13-20 @ Verse 13-20 -...in it, and be willing to...

mhcc@Proverbs:6:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...he is able and willing to...

mhcc@Proverbs:21:9. @ Verse 9. -...to those who are willing to...12. Good men envy not the prosperity of evil-doers; they see there is a curse on them.13. Such as oppress the poor by beating down wages, such as will not relieve according to their ability those in distress, and those in authority who neglect to do justice, stop their ears at the cry of the poor. But doubtless care is to be used in the exercise of charity.14. If money can conquer the fury of the passions, shall reason, the fear of God, and the command of Christ, be too weak to bridle them?15. There is true pleasure only in the practice of religion.16. Of all wanderers in the ways of sin, those are in the most dangerous condition who turn aside into the ways of darkness. Yet there is hope even for them in the all-sufficient Saviour; but let them flee to him without delay.17. A life of worldly pleasure brings ruin on men.18. The righteous is often delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead, and so seems as a ransom for him.19. Unbridled passions spoil the comfort of all relations.20. The plenty obtained by prudence, industry, and frugality, is desirable. But the foolish misspend what they have upon their lusts.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.22. Those that have wisdom, often do great things, even against those confident of their strength.23. It is our great concern to keep our souls from being entangled and disquieted.24. Pride and haughtiness make men passionate; such continually deal in wrath, as if it were their trade to be angry.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 obtained without labour. But the righteous and industrious have their desires satisfied.27. When holiness is pretended, but wickedness intended, that especially is an abomination.28. The doom of a false witness is certain.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?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 his might. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Proverbs:23:19-28 @ Verse 19-28 -...sell it not; be willing to...

mhcc@Proverbs:31:10-31 @ Verse 10-31 -...his mind, and is willing that...1. She can be trusted, and he will leave such a wife to manage for him. He is happy in her. And she makes it her constant business to do him good. 2. She is one that takes pains in her duties, and takes pleasure in them. She is careful to fill up time, that none be lost. She rises early. She applies herself to the business proper for her, to women's business. She does what she does, with all her power, and trifles not. 3. She makes what she does turn to good account by prudent management. Many undo themselves by buying, without considering whether they can afford it. She provides well for her house. She lays up for hereafter. 4. She looks well to the ways of her household, that she may oblige all to do their duty to God and one another, as well as to her. 5. She is intent upon giving as upon getting, and does it freely and cheerfully. 6. She is discreet and obliging; every word she says, shows she governs herself by the rules of wisdom. She not only takes prudent measures herself, but gives prudent advice to others. The law of love and kindness is written in the heart, and shows itself in the tongue. Her heart is full of another world, even when her hands are most busy about this world. 7. Above all, she fears the Lord. Beauty recommends none to God, nor is it any proof of wisdom and goodness, but it has deceived many a man who made his choice of a wife by it. But the fear of God reigning in the heart, is the beauty of the soul; it lasts for ever. 8. She has firmness to bear up under crosses and disappointments. She shall reflect with comfort when she comes to be old, that she was not idle or useless when young. She shall rejoice in a world to come. She is a great blessing to her relations. If the fruit be good, the tree must have our good word. But she leaves it to her own works to praise her. Every one ought to desire this honour that cometh from God; and according to this standard we all ought to regulate our judgments. This description let all women daily study, who desire to be truly beloved and respected, useful and honourable. This passage is to be applied to individuals, but may it not also be applied to the church of God, which is described as a virtuous spouse? God by his grace has formed from among sinful men a church of true believers, to possess all the excellences here described. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:4:13-16 @ Verse 13-16 -...of spirit. But the willing servants...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Isaiah:27:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...be saved. God is willing to...

mhcc@Jeremiah:1:11-19 @ Verse 11-19 - God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond-tree, which is more forward in the spring than any other, represented the speedy approach of judgments. God also showed whence the intended ruin should arise. Jeremiah saw a seething-...that we may be willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Jeremiah:5:10-18 @ Verse 10-18 -...mankind. Sinners are not willing to...18. This is the Lord's covenant with Israel. He thereby proclaims his holiness, and his utter displeasure against sin while sparing the sinner, Psalms strkjv@89:30-35.

mhcc@Jeremiah:31:27-34 @ Verse 27-34 -...sins; none, who is willing to...

mhcc@Ezekiel:37:15-28 @ Verse 15-28 -...those whom he makes willing in...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Daniel:7:9-14 @ Verse 9-14 -...the nations as his willing subjects....

mhcc@Hosea:3:1-3 @ Verse 1-3 - The dislike of men to true religion is because they love objects and forms, which allow them to indulge, instead of mortifying their lusts. How wonderful that a holy God should have good-...of grace he is willing to...

mhcc@Hosea:3:4-5 @ Verse 4-5 -...Christ, and become his willing people....**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Jonah:1:4-7 @ Verse 4-7 -...souls, and would be willing to...

mhcc@Jonah:4:1-4 @ Verse 1-4 -...sins, and was not willing to...

mhcc@Jonah:4:5-11 @ Verse 5-11 - Jonah went out of the city, yet remained near at hand, as if he expected and desired its overthrow. Those who have fretful, uneasy spirits, often make troubles for themselves, that they may still have something to complain of. See how tender God is of his people in their afflictions, even though they are foolish and froward. A thing small in itself, yet coming seasonably, may be a valuable blessing. A gourd in the right place may do us more service than a cedar. The least creatures may be great plagues, or great comforts, as God is pleased to make them. Persons of strong passions are apt to be cast down with any trifle that crosses them, or to be lifted up with a trifle that pleases them. See what our creature-comforts are, and what we may expect them to be; they are withering things. A small worm at the root destroys a large gourd: our gourds wither, and we know not what is the cause. Perhaps creature-...to understand, that how willing soever...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Micah:3:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...of God, must be willing to...

mhcc@Zechariah:4:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...The prophet's spirit was willing to...-bearer, set up for enlightening this dark world, and holding forth the light of Divine revelation. Two olive trees were seen, one on each side the candlestick, from which oil flowed into the bowl without ceasing. God brings to pass his gracious purposes concerning his church, without any art or labour of man; sometimes he makes use of his instruments, yet he needs them not. This represented the abundance of Divine grace, for the enlightening and making holy the ministers and members of the church, and which cannot be procured or prevented by any human power. The vision assures us that the good work of building the temple, should be brought to a happy end. The difficulty is represented as a great mountain. But all difficulties shall vanish, and all the objections be got over. Faith will remove mountains, and make them plains. Christ is our Zerubbabel; mountains of difficulty were in the way of his undertaking, but nothing is too hard for him. What comes from the grace of God, may, in faith, be committed to the grace of God, for he will not forsake the work of his own hands.

mhcc@Zechariah:8:18-23 @ Verse 18-23 -...our people, and be willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Malachi:1:6-14 @ Verse 6-14 - We may each charge upon ourselves what is here charged upon the priests. Our relation to God, as our Father and Master, strongly obliges us to fear and honour him. But they were so scornful that they derided reproof. Sinners ruin themselves by trying to baffle their convictions. Those who live in careless neglect of holy ordinances, who attend on them without reverence, and go from them under no concern, in effect say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. They despised God's name in what they did. It is evident that these understood not the meaning of the sacrifices, as shadowing forth the unblemished Lamb of God; they grudged the expense, thinking all thrown away which did not turn to their profit. If we worship God ignorantly, and without understanding, we bring the blind for sacrifice; if we do it carelessly, if we are cold, dull, and dead in it, we bring the sick; if we rest in the bodily exercise, and do not make heart-...If there be a willing mind,...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Matthew:2:9-12 @ Verse 9-12 -...it is, and be willing that...

mhcc@Matthew:7:12-14 @ Verse 12-14 -...is there in being willing to...

mhcc@Matthew:8:2-4 @ Verse 2-4 -...that he is freely willing to...

mhcc@Matthew:11:25-30 @ Verse 25-30 - It becomes children to be grateful. When we come to God as a Father, we must remember that he is Lord of heaven and earth, which obliges us to come to him with reverence as to the sovereign Lord of all; yet with confidence, as one able to defend us from evil, and to supply us with all good. Our blessed Lord added a remarkable declaration, that the Father had delivered into his hands all power, authority, and judgment. We are indebted to Christ for all the revelation we have of God the Father's will and love, ever since Adam sinned. Our Saviour has invited all that labour and are heavy-laden, to come unto him. In some senses all men are so. Worldly men burden themselves with fruitless cares for wealth and honours; the gay and the sensual labour in pursuit of pleasures; the slave of Satan and his own lusts, is the merest drudge on earth. Those who labour to establish their own righteousness also labour in vain. The convinced sinner is heavy-laden with guilt and terror; and the tempted and afflicted believer has labours and burdens. Christ invites all to come to him for rest to their souls. He alone gives this invitation; men come to him, when, feeling their guilt and misery, and believing his love and power to help, they seek him in fervent prayer. Thus it is the duty and interest of weary and heavy-...obedience. He accepts the willing servant,...-denial, and exposes to difficulties, but this is abundantly repaid, even in this world, by inward peace and joy. It is a yoke that is lined with love. So powerful are the assistances he gives us, so suitable the encouragements, and so strong the consolations to be found in the way of duty, that we may truly say, it is a yoke of pleasantness. The way of duty is the way of rest. The truths Christ teaches are such as we may venture our souls upon. Such is the Redeemer's mercy; and why should the labouring and burdened sinner seek for rest from any other quarter? Let us come to him daily, for deliverance from wrath and guilt, from sin and Satan, from all our cares, fears, and sorrows. But forced obedience, far from being easy and light, is a heavy burden. In vain do we draw near to Jesus with our lips, while the heart is far from him. Then come to Jesus to find rest for your souls. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Matthew:13:1-23 @ Verse 1-23 -...to those who were willingly ignorant....6:8. Worldly cares are great hinderances to our profiting by the word of God. The deceitfulness of riches does the mischief; they cannot be said to deceive us unless we put our trust in them, then they choke the good seed. What distinguished the good ground was fruitfulness. By this true Christians are distinguished from hypocrites. Christ does not say that this good ground has no stones in it, or no thorns; but none that could hinder its fruitfulness. All are not alike; we should aim at the highest, to bring forth most fruit. The sense of hearing cannot be better employed than in hearing God's word; and let us look to ourselves that we may know what sort of hearers we are.

mhcc@Matthew:15:10-20 @ Verse 10-20 -...upright heart and a willing mind...17:9,. for there is no sin in word or deed, which was not first in the heart. They all come out of the man, and are fruits of that wickedness which is in the heart, and is wrought there. When Christ teaches, he will show men the deceitfulness and wickedness of their own hearts; he will teach them to humble themselves, and to seek to be cleansed in the Fountain opened for sin and uncleanness.

mhcc@Matthew:17:14-21 @ Verse 14-21 -...heal them, and as willing as...-holds in the soul are beaten down. It is good for us to distrust ourselves and our own strength; but it is displeasing to Christ when we distrust any power derived from him, or granted by him. There was also something in the malady which rendered the cure difficult. The extraordinary power of Satan must not discourage our faith, but quicken us to more earnestness in praying to God for the increase of it. Do we wonder to see Satan's bodily possession of this young man from a child, when we see his spiritual possession of every son of Adam from the fall!

mhcc@Matthew:18:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...as little children, and willing to...

mhcc@Matthew:21:33-46 @ Verse 33-46 -...church. May we be willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Matthew:24:42-51 @ Verse 42-51 -...which we would be willing that...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Matthew:26:17-25 @ Verse 17-25 -...visit all who are willing to...-minded, but to fear. Heart-searching examination and fervent prayer are especially proper before the Lord's supper, that, as Christ our Passover is now sacrificed for us, we may keep this feast, renewing our repentance, our faith in his blood, and surrendering ourselves to his service.

mhcc@Matthew:26:36-46 @ Verse 36-46 -...his sufferings; he was willing to...

mhcc@Matthew:26:47-56 @ Verse 47-56 -...he had not been willing to...

mhcc@Matthew:26:57-68 @ Verse 57-68 -...Christ's disciples, are not willing to...

mhcc@Matthew:27:35-44 @ Verse 35-44 -...with him, must be willing to...

mhcc@Mark:1:14-22 @ Verse 14-22 -...grace he makes them willing to...

mhcc@Mark:2:18-22 @ Verse 18-22 -...slanders; we should be willing to...

mhcc@Mark:6:30-44 @ Verse 30-44 -...but what they are willing should...

mhcc@Mark:10:17-22 @ Verse 17-22 -...to have. Is he willing to...6:24,. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

mhcc@Luke:1:26-38 @ Verse 26-38 -...into prayers, Behold the willing servant...

mhcc@Luke:9:28-36 @ Verse 28-36 -...in his transfiguration, was willing to...

mhcc@Luke:9:57-62 @ Verse 57-62 -...have, and he was willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Luke:22:47-53 @ Verse 47-53 -...difficult circumstances. Christ was willing to...

mhcc@Luke:23:44-49 @ Verse 44-49 -...his soul. He was willing to...

mhcc@John:6:36-46 @ Verse 36-46 -...The gospel finds none willing to...

mhcc@John:6:60-65 @ Verse 60-65 -...every one who is willing to...

mhcc@John:7:40-53 @ Verse 40-53 -...of eternal moment, are willing even...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@John:11:11-16 @ Verse 11-16 -...Jesus should make us willing to...

mhcc@John:12:20-26 @ Verse 20-26 -...Lord Jesus with a willing mind,...

mhcc@John:12:27-33 @ Verse 27-33 -...our sin. Christ was willing to...

mhcc@John:17:6-10. @ Verse 6-10. -...is both able and willing to...

mhcc@John:18:28-32 @ Verse 28-32 -...therefore the Jews were willing to...

mhcc@John:18:33-40 @ Verse 33-40 - Art thou the King of the Jews? that King of the Jews who has been so long expected? Messiah the Prince; art thou he? Dost thou call thyself so, and wouldest thou be thought so? Christ answered this question with another; not for evasion, but that Pilate might consider what he did. He never took upon him any earthly power, never were any traitorous principles or practices laid to him. Christ gave an account of the nature of his kingdom. Its nature is not worldly; it is a kingdom within men, set up in their hearts and consciences; its riches spiritual, its power spiritual, and it glory within. Its supports are not worldly; its weapons are spiritual; it needed not, nor used, force to maintain and advance it, nor opposed any kingdom but that of sin and Satan. Its object and design are not worldly. When Christ said, I am the Truth, he said, in effect, I am a King. He conquers by the convincing evidence of truth; he rules by the commanding power of truth. The subjects of this kingdom are those that are of the truth. Pilate put a good question, he said, What is truth? When we search the Scriptures, and attend the ministry of the word, it must be with this inquiry, What is truth? and with this prayer, Lead me in thy truth; into all truth. But many put this question, who have not patience to preserve in their search after truth; or not humility enough to receive it. By this solemn declaration of Christ's innocence, it appears, that though the Lord Jesus was treated as the worst of evil-...our sins. Pilate was willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@John:19:1-18 @ Verse 1-18 - Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-...Lord Jesus came forth, willing to...

mhcc@John:20:1-10 @ Verse 1-10 -...duty of disciples; more willing to...

mhcc@Acts:13:1-3 @ Verse 1-3 -...made both able and willing for...

mhcc@Acts:16:35-40 @ Verse 35-40 - Paul, though willing to suffer for the cause of Christ, and without any desire to avenge himself, did not choose to depart under the charge of having deserved wrongful punishment, and therefore required to be dismissed in an honourable manner. It was not a mere point of honour that the apostle stood upon, but justice, and not to himself so much as to his cause. And when proper apology is made, Christians should never express personal anger, nor insist too strictly upon personal amends. The Lord will make them more than conquerors in every conflict; instead of being cast down by their sufferings, they will become comforters of their brethren. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Acts:20:7-12 @ Verse 7-12 -...the sacraments. They were willing to...

mhcc@Acts:25:1-12 @ Verse 1-12 -...their innocence. Paul was willing to...

mhcc@Romans:2:25-29 @ Verse 25-29 -...of mind, and a willing following...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Romans:5:15-19 @ Verse 15-19 -...out any who are willing to...

mhcc@Romans:7:23-25 @ Verse 23-25 -...to it. He was willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@1Corinthians:3:18-23 @ Verse 18-23 - To have a high opinion of our own wisdom, is but to flatter ourselves; and self-flattery is the next step to self-...humble, and make us willing to..._1__4 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@1Corinthians:13:4-7 @ Verse 4-7 - Some of the effects of charity are stated, that we may know whether we have this grace; and that if we have not, we may not rest till we have it. This love is a clear proof of regeneration, and is a touchstone of our professed faith in Christ. In this beautiful description of the nature and effects of love, it is meant to show the Corinthians that their conduct had, in many respects, been a contrast to it. Charity is an utter enemy to selfishness; it does not desire or seek its own praise, or honour, or profit, or pleasure. Not that charity destroys all regard to ourselves, or that the charitable man should neglect himself and all his interests. But charity never seeks its own to the hurt of others, or to neglect others. It ever prefers the welfare of others to its private advantage. How good-...all men? Are we willing to...

mhcc@2Corinthians:8:10-15 @ Verse 10-15 -...mere profession of a willing mind,...16:18. Those who have most of this world, have no more than food and raiment; and those who have but little of this world, seldom are quite without them.

mhcc@2Corinthians:13:11-14 @ Verse 11-14 -...loved us, and is willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Philippians:1:21-26 @ Verse 21-26 -...to depart, should be willing to...

mhcc@Philippians:2:19-30 @ Verse 19-30 -...do good. Epaphroditus was willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Philippians:3:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 - Sincere Christians rejoice in Christ Jesus. The prophet calls the false prophets dumb dogs, Isaiah strkjv@56:10. to which the apostle seems to refer. Dogs, for their malice against faithful professors of the gospel of Christ, barking at them and biting them. They urged human works in opposition to the faith of Christ; but Paul calls them evil-workers. He calls them the concision; as they rent the church of Christ, and cut it to pieces. The work of religion is to no purpose, unless the heart is in it, and we must worship God in the strength and grace of the Divine Spirit. They rejoice in Christ Jesus, not in mere outward enjoyments and performances. Nor can we too earnestly guard against those who oppose or abuse the doctrine of free salvation. If the apostle would have gloried and trusted in the flesh, he had as much cause as any man. But the things which he counted gain while a Pharisee, and had reckoned up, those he counted loss for Christ. The apostle did not persuade them to do any thing but what he himself did; or to venture on any thing but that on which he himself ventured his never-...Christ. The apostle was willing to...

mhcc@Colossians:1:9-14 @ Verse 9-14 -...change, those were made willing subjects...

mhcc@1Thessalonians:1:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 - As all good comes from God, so no good can be hoped for by sinners, but from God in Christ. And the best good may be expected from God, as our Father, for the sake of Christ. We should pray, not only for ourselves, but for others also; remembering them without ceasing. Wherever there is a true faith, it will work; it will affect both the heart and life. Faith works by love; it shows itself in love to God, and love to our neighbour. And wherever there is a well-...doubts; and they were willing to...

mhcc@2Thessalonians:2:5-12 @ Verse 5-12 -...described, who are his willing subjects....

mhcc@1Timothy:2:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...that all who are willing may...-seat of a pardoning God, to seek reconciliation with him. Sin had made a quarrel between us and God; Jesus Christ is the Mediator who makes peace. He is a ransom that was to be known in due time. In the Old Testament times, his sufferings, and the glory that should follow, were spoken of as things to be revealed in the last times. Those who are saved must come to the knowledge of the truth, for that is God's appointed way to save sinners: if we do not know the truth, we cannot be ruled by it.

mhcc@1Timothy:5:1-2 @ Verse 1,2 -...with them, but as willing to...

mhcc@Philemon:1:8-14 @ Verse 8-14 -...and repented, he was willing and...

mhcc@Hebrews:2:14-18 @ Verse 14-18 -...He is ready and willing to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Hebrews:6:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...a total and a willing renouncing...

mhcc@Hebrews:9:15-22 @ Verse 15-22 -...is good; but God, willing to...-procuring cause, and offer our spiritual sacrifices as sprinkled with Christ's blood, and so purified from their defilement.

mhcc@Hebrews:10:26-31 @ Verse 26-31 -...Christ's sacrifice, who are willing to...

mhcc@Hebrews:11:20-31 @ Verse 20-31 -...of God; and is willing to...

mhcc@James:1:19-21 @ Verse 19-21 -...and teachable minds. Being willing to...

mhcc@James:4:1-10 @ Verse 1-10 - Since all wars and fightings come from the corruptions of our own hearts, it is right to mortify those lusts that war in the members. Wordly and fleshly lusts are distempers, which will not allow content or satisfaction. Sinful desires and affections stop prayer, and the working of our desires toward God. And let us beware that we do not abuse or misuse the mercies received, by the disposition of the heart when prayers are granted When men ask of God prosperity, they often ask with wrong aims and intentions. If we thus seek the things of this world, it is just in God to deny them. Unbelieving and cold desires beg denials; and we may be sure that when prayers are rather the language of lusts than of graces, they will return empty. Here is a decided warning to avoid all criminal friendships with this world. Worldly-mindedness is enmity to God. An enemy may be reconciled, but "enmity" never can be reconciled. A man may have a large portion in things of this life, and yet be kept in the love of God; but he who sets his heart upon the world, who will conform to it rather than lose its friendship, is an enemy to God. So that any one who resolves at all events to be upon friendly terms with the world, must be the enemy of God. Did then the Jews, or the loose professors of Christianity, think the Scripture spake in vain against this worldly-...teaches us to be willing to...7. Submit your understanding to the truth of God; submit your wills to the will of his precept, the will of his providence. Submit yourselves to God, for he is ready to do you good. If we yield to temptations, the devil will continually follow us; but if we put on the whole armour of God, and stand out against him, he will leave us. Let sinners then submit to God, and seek his grace and favour; resisting the devil. All sin must be wept over; here, in godly sorrow, or, hereafter, in eternal misery. And the Lord will not refuse to comfort one who really mourns for sin, or to exalt one who humbles himself before him.

mhcc@1Peter:3:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...one another, from a willing mind,...

mhcc@1John:1:5-10 @ Verse 5-10 - A message from the Lord Jesus, the Word of life, the eternal Word, we should all gladly receive. The great God should be represented to this dark world, as pure and perfect light. As this is the nature of God, his doctrines and precepts must be such. And as his perfect happiness cannot be separated from his perfect holiness, so our happiness will be in proportion to our being made holy. To walk in darkness, is to live and act against religion. God holds no heavenly fellowship or intercourse with unholy souls. There is no truth in their profession; their practice shows its folly and falsehood. The eternal Life, the eternal Son, put on flesh and blood, and died to wash us from our sins in his own blood, and procures for us the sacred influences by which sin is to be subdued more and more, till it is quite done away. While the necessity of a holy walk is insisted upon, as the effect and evidence of the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, the opposite error of self-...God, be humble, and willing to..._1__2 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@Jude:1:24,25 @ Verse 24,25 -...is able, and as willing as...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Revelation:1:4-8 @ Verse 4-8 - There can be no true peace, where there is not true grace; and where grace goeth before, peace will follow. This blessing is in the name of God, of the Holy Trinity, it is an act of adoration. The Father is first named; he is described as the Jehovah who is, and who was, and who is to come, eternal, unchangeable. The Holy Spirit is called the seven spirits, the perfect Spirit of God, in whom there is a diversity of gifts and operations. The Lord Jesus Christ was from eternity, a Witness to all the counsels of God. He is the First-...everlasting, we must now willing submit...

mhcc@Revelation:12:7-11 @ Verse 7-11 -...God, yet he is willing to...

mhcc@Revelation:18:9-19 @ Verse 9-19 -...profits, but are not willing to...

mhcc@Revelation:21:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...new. If we are willing and...

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