Bible Commentaries

Psalms 114:1 — 1-4. of strange language—(compare Psalms 81:5).

Psalms 44:13 — 13, 14. (Compare Deuteronomy 28:37; Psalms 79:4).

Psalms 79:2 — 2, 3. (Compare Jeremiah 15:3; Jeremiah 16:4).

Psalms 80:14 — 14, 15. visit this vine—favorably (Psalms 8:4).

Proverbs 17:4 — 4. Wicked doers and speakers alike delight in calumny.

Proverbs 28:1-28 — CAPITULO 28 La mala conciencia hace tímidos a los hombres; sólo los justos tienen valor en verdad (cap. 14:26; Salmo 27:1). 2. La anarquía, que produce gobernantes rivales, acorta el reinado de ambos. permanecerá—el gobierno; o será prolongado. Los gobernantes buenos son bendición para el pueblo. El gobierno malo como castigo del mal, se contrasta con el

Proverbs 28:4 — 4. They that forsake . . . wicked—Wrongdoers encourage one another.

Proverbs 9:11 — 11. (Compare Proverbs 3:16-18; Proverbs 4:10).

Isaiah 12:4 — 4. make mention—Hebrew, "cause it to be remembered."

Jeremiah 31:13 — 13. young . . . old— (Zechariah 8:4; Zechariah 8:5).

Jeremiah 51:4 — 4. (See on :-; Jeremiah 51:5; Jeremiah 51:5- :).

Lamentations 3:64 — 64-66. (Jeremiah 11:20; 2 Timothy 4:14).

Matthew 8:4 — 4. And Jesus—"straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away" ( :-), and saith unto him, See thou tell no man—A hard condition this would seem to a grateful heart, whose natural language, in such a case, is "Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and

John 7:37 — The deepest cravings of the human spirit are here, as in the Old Testament, expressed by the figure of "thirst," and the eternal satisfaction of them by "drinking." To the woman of Samaria He had said almost the same thing, and in the same terms (John 4:13; John 4:14). But what to her was simply affirmed to her as a fact, is here turned into a world-wide proclamation; and whereas there, the gift by Him of the living water is the most prominent idea—in contrast with her hesitation to give Him the perishable

Acts 22:4 — 4. I persecuted, c.—(See on :- Acts 9:5).

Romans 5:11 — under trials, so, although "not joyous but grievous" in themselves (Romans 5:2- :), when trials divinely sent afford them the opportunity of evidencing their faith by the grace of patience under them, they should "count it all joy" (Romans 5:3; Romans 5:4; and see James 1:2; James 1:3). (3) "Hope," in the New Testament sense of the term, is not a lower degree of faith or assurance (as many now say, I hope for heaven, but am not sure of it); but invariably means "the confident expectation of future good."

Romans 7:3 — 3. she be married—"joined." So Romans 7:4.

2 Thessalonians 3:9 — 9. (1 Corinthians 9:4-6; Galatians 6:6.)

Revelation 11:3 — prophesy—preach under the inspiration of the Spirit, denouncing judgments against the apostate. They are described by symbol as "the two olive trees" and "the two candlesticks," or lamp-stands, "standing before the God of the earth." The reference is to Zechariah 4:3; Zechariah 4:12, where two individuals are meant, Joshua and Zerubbabel, who ministered to the Jewish Church, just as the two olive trees emptied the oil out of themselves into the bowl of the candlestick. So in the final apostasy God will raise up

Ruth 4 overview — CHAPTER 4 :-. BOAZ CALLS INTO JUDGMENT THE NEXT KINSMAN.