Matthew Henry - Man Quotes

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The anger of a meek man is like fire struck out of steel, hard to be got out, and when it is, soon gone.

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A man that is endued with the powers of reason, by which he is capable of knowing, serving, glorifying, and enjoying his Maker, and yet lives without God in the world, is certainly the most despicable and the most miserable animal under the sun.

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To a good man, God gives not only wisdom and knowledge, but joy.

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

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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.

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

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No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.

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Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life.

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Death to a good man is his release from the imprisonment of this world, and his departure to the enjoyments of another world.

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Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing.

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Esther came to a proud imperious man; we come to the God of love and grace.

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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him.

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Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man according as he has or has not a heart to make good use of them.

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