Matthew Henry Quotes

Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.

Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.

The justice and truth of God are here written in bloody characters, for the conviction or the confusion of all those that make a jest of his threatenings. Let them not be deceived, God is not mocked.

As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.

It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers that we may not unsay them in our practice.

Hypocrites do the devil's drudgery in Christ's livery.

I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before second because although they took my purse they did not take my life third because although they took my all it was not much and fourth because it was I who was robbed and not I who robbed.

Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of Providence, which are full of eyes

The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies.

If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.

Those who complain most are most to be complained of.

Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information yet we must by our prayers give him honor.

Prayer is a salve for every sore, even the sorest, a remedy for every malady, even the most grievous.

We read of preaching the Word out of season but we do not read of praying out of season for that is never out of season.

The fear of God reigning in the heart is the beauty of the soul.

Prayer time must be kept up as duly as meal-time.

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

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.

If you take a book into your hands, be it 'God's book, or any other useful good book,' rely on God to make it profitable to you. Do not waste time reading unprofitable books. When you read, do so not out of vain curiosity but with love for God's kingdom, compassion for human beings, and the intent to turn what you learn into prayers and praises.

Prophets often foretold destruction and sometimes the destruction did not come, yet this did not disprove their divine mission, as in the case of Jonah. For God is gracious, and ready to turn away his wrath from those who turn away from their sins. But the prophet who prophesied peace and prosperity absolutely and unconditionally without adding the necessary proviso, that they do not by willful sin put a bar in their own door and stop the coming of God's favors, will be proved a true prophet only by the accomplishment of his prediction.

No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed.

Wherever there is true grace, there is a desire for more grace.

To fish in troubled waters.

God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer.

None so deaf as those that will not hear.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.