Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

Verse 10 A gentle reproof will enter, not only into the head, but into the heart of a wise man. Verse 11 Satan, and the messenge ...

Verse 20 There is nothing got by ill designs. And many have paid dear for an unbridled tongue. Verse 21 This speaks very plainly ...

Verse 1 If we would get knowledge and grace, we must try all methods of improving ourselves. Verse 2 Those make nothing to purpo ...

After the heart has been lifted up with pride, a fall comes. But honour shall be the reward of humility. Verse 13 Eagerness, wit ...

Verse 22 A good wife is a great blessing to a man, and it is a token of Divine favour. Verse 23 Poverty tells men they must not ...

Verse 6 We are without excuse if we do not love God with all our hearts. His gifts to us are past number, and all the gifts of m ...

A sluggish, slothful disposition makes men poor; it brings them to want. And this applies both to the present life and that whic ...

Verse 25 A gentle rebuke goes farthest with a man of understanding. Verse 26 The young man who wastes his father's substance, or ...

Verse 4 He who labours and endures hardship in his seed-time for eternity, will be properly diligent as to his earthly business. ...

Those that indulge themselves, may expect to want necessaries, which should have been gotten by honest labour. Verse 14 Men use ...

Verse 23 A bargain made by fraud will prove a losing bargain in the end. Verse 24 How can we form plans, and conduct business, i ...

The believer, perceiving that the Lord rules every heart as he sees fit, like the husbandman who turns the water through his gro ...

Verse 12 Good men envy not the prosperity of evil-doers; they see there is a curse on them. Verse 13 Such as oppress the poor by ...

Verse 21 True repentance and faith will lead him that relies on the mercy of God in Christ, to follow after righteousness and me ...

Chapter 22 Verse 1 We should be more careful to do that by which we may get and keep a good name, than to raise or add unto a gr ...

Verse 9 He that seeks to relieve the wants and miseries of others shall be blessed. Verse 10 Profane scoffers and revilers distu ...

He that robs and oppresses the poor, does so at his peril. And if men will not appear for them, God will. Verses 24 , 25 Our cor ...

Verses 10 , 11 The fatherless are taken under God's special protection. He is their Redeemer, who will take their part; and he i ...

habit, or sell himself to a sin, which tends to such guilt and misery, and exposes a man every day to the danger of dying insens ...

Verses 15 , 16 The sincere soul falls as a traveller may do, by stumbling at some stone in his path; but gets up, and goes on hi ...