Matthew Henry Quotes
"Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Gold, Will)
"Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown."
- Matthew Henry
"Not lost, but gone before."
- Matthew Henry
"Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Spiritual)
"Saying and doing are two things."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Saying)
"So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Pain)
"The better day, the worse deed."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Day, Deed)
"The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Saints)
"The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Peace, Church, Purity)
"They that die by famine die by inches."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Famine)
"None so deaf as those that will not hear."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Will)
"They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Satisfaction)
"Men of polite learning and a liberal education."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Education, Men, Learning, Liberal)
"Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colors that are but skin-deep."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Colors, Gay, Skin, Temptation)
"It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Heaven, Talking, Walking, Will)
"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
(Related: Business, First, Public)
"It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: News)
"It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: May, Practice)
"It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: God, Church, Being)
"Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Life, Heart, Man)
"He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Fear, Feet, Grave, Heaven)
"He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Tongue)
"Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Care, Christ, World)
"Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Punishment)
"No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: God, Holiness)
"Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Greatness, Goodness)
"Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Gay, Skin, Temptation)
"After a storm comes a calm."
- Matthew Henry
"Better late than never."
- 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 be loved by him."
- Matthew Henry
(Related: Heart, Feet)