Matthew (Mathew) Henry Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

18 Famous Quotes by Matthew (Mathew) Henry
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“It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.”
Churches Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Jeremiah, VII)
“It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare."”
Scripture Quotes
Source: Commentaries
“Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.”
Scripture Quotes
Source: Of Solomon's Song
“Blushing is the colour of virtue.”
Blushes Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Jeremiah, III)
“None so deaf as those who will not hear.”
Hearing Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Psalm LVIII)
“To fish in troubled waters.”
Fishing Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Psalm LX)
“Judas had given them the slip.”
Treachery Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Matthew, XXII)
“They that die by famine die by inches.”
Hunger Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Psalm LIX)
“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.”
Public trust Quotes
Source: Commentaries
“It is good news, worthy of all acceptation, and yet not too good to be true.”
News Quotes
Source: Commentaries (I Timothy, I, 15)
“Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours, that are but skin-deep.”
Temptation Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Genesis, III)
“He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.”
Tongue Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Psalm XXXI)
“Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.”
Eating Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Psalm CIV)
“He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.”
Eating Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Psalm XXXI)
“I want every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays. [Fr., Je veux que le dimanche chaque paysan ait sa poule au pot.]”
Eating Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Psalm XXXI)
“The better day, the worse deed.”
Day Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Genesis, III)
“None so blind as those that will not see.”
Blindness Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Jeremiah, XX)
“So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.”
Pain Quotes
Source: Commentaries (Job III, V, 24)