Matthew Henry Quotes

None so deaf as those that will not hear.

Matthew Henry

None so deaf as those that will not hear.

Matthew Henry

Tags: hearing

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

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Tags: prayer

About Author

Matthew Henry (18 October 1662 – 22 June 1714) was a British Nonconformist minister and author who was born in Wales but spent much of his life in England. He is best known for the six-volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments.

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

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Tags: grace, sanctification, spiritual growth

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

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Tags: hypocrisy

To fish in troubled waters.

Matthew Henry

To fish in troubled waters.

Matthew Henry

Tags: fish

Those who complain most are most to be complained of.

Matthew Henry

Those who complain most are most to be complained of.

Matthew Henry

Tags: complaining

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

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Tags: forget and forgive, god who is rich in mercy, merciful god, mercy, remembering him

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

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Tags: prayer

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

Matthew Henry

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

Matthew Henry

Tags: blind, deaf, see

After a storm comes a calm.

Matthew Henry

After a storm comes a calm.

Matthew Henry

Tags: motivational, storm, calm, after

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

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Tags: prayer

It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.

Matthew Henry

It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.

Matthew Henry

Tags: god

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...

Matthew Henry

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...

Matthew Henry

Tags: love, marriage

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.

Matthew Henry

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.

Matthew Henry

Tags: business

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...

Matthew Henry

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...

Matthew Henry

Tags: bible, god, prophecy, prophet

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.

Matthew Henry

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.

Matthew Henry

Tags: agnosticism, atheism, atheists, dawkins, god, theism

He thought himself a mighty prince, but before the Lord (that is, in God's account) he was but a mighty hunter. Note, Great conquerors are but great hunters. Alexander and Caesar would not make such a...

Matthew Henry

He thought himself a mighty prince, but before the Lord (that is, in God's account) he was but a mighty hunter. Note, Great conquerors are but great hunters. Alexander and Caesar would not make such a...

Matthew Henry

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.

Matthew Henry

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.

Matthew Henry

Tags: prayer

So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.

Matthew Henry

So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.

Matthew Henry

Tags: great

He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.

Matthew Henry

He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.

Matthew Henry

Tags: fear, feet, heaven, head