Bible Commentaries

Genesis 39:10 — The continent person refrains the outward act of uncleanness, either for love of praise or fear of punishment, but not without grief; for inwardly he is scalded with boiling lust. Whereas the chaste man, like St Paul’s virgin, 1 Corinthians 7:34 is "holy both in body and in spirit"; and this with delight, out of fear of God and love of virtue. Now, if upon such a ground we can refuse proffered pleasures and preferments, resolving rather to lie in the dust with Joseph than to rise

Job 4:19 — houses of clay — Or how much more (in reference to the latter part of the preceding verse) may God charge men with folly and depravity! And how much more ought he to acknowledge that he cannot subsist nor stand before God’s judgment, as Job 4:17 but only by his gracious pardon and absolution! That dwell in houses of clay — Periphrasis est hominum, saith Mercer; this is a description of men, as opposed to angels, those inhabitants of heaven, called therefore the angels of heaven, Matthew

Isaiah 55:1 — Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Ho, every one that thirsteth. — Sitit sitiri Dominus, saith Nazianzen, Orat. 40 in S. Baptis. the Lord even thirsteth to be thirsted after; he "seeketh such to worship him as will worship him in spirit and in truth." John 4:23 Hence this present proclamation, "Ho, every one," of what nation soever, that is

Daniel 1:8 — have boggled at. He would not "defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat." He scrupled the eating of it; and why? (1.) Because it was often such as was forbidden by the law of God. Leviticus 11:13 ; Leviticus 11:29 Deuteronomy 14:3-8 (2.) Because it was so used as would defile him and his fellows against the word of God; for the heathens, to the shame of many Christians, had their grace before a meal, as it were, consecrating their dishes to their idols before they tasted of

Hosea 14:9 — tropiezan con ella. "Pero, ¿quién conoció la mente del Señor?" 1 Corintios 2:16 . "¿Quién de vosotros escuchará esto? ¿Quién ha creído a nuestro anuncio? ¿O a quién se le reveló el brazo del Señor? ¿Quién es el sabio que puede entender esto?" Isaías 42:23 ; Isa 53: 1 Jeremias 9:12 . Lucerna accensa hominem quaerebat Aesopus. Se le pidió a Jeremías que corriera de un lado a otro para encontrar a un hombre que buscaba la verdad, v. 1. Rari quippe boni (Juven. Sat. 13). No muchos sabios, sabios, quiero

Hosea 2:7 — Ezequiel 36:17 . Es la práctica habitual del diablo y sus instrumentos llevar a los hombres a las zarzas y dejarlos allí para que se muevan como puedan: así los fariseos trataron de Judas; "¿Qué es eso para nosotros?" dicen ellos; "Mira eso", Mateo 27:4 : lo dejaron cuando lo llevaron a su perdición; como cuando los familiares dejan a sus brujas, cuando una vez las han encadenado. Dios no trata así a ninguno de los suyos, cuando está más enojado. Pero como en la misma fidelidad los aflige, para que

Hosea 3:2 — to this light housewife, "seeing thou dost all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman?" Ezekiel 16:30 . God and his people reckon of men by their righteousness. He looked down from heaven to see who sought after God, Psalms 14:3 . As for others, he regards them no more than men do dross, draft, chaff, or such like refuse stuff, Psalms 119:119 ; Psalms 1:4 , …, whatever great thoughts they take up of themselves, and however the world rates them. Antiochus Epiphanes,

Hosea 5:4 — suffer them. That is, they are so habituated and hardened in sinful practices, that they are not only disenabled to conversion, but evil affected thereunto: they stand across to all good; to their sinews of iron they have added bows of brass, Isaiah 48:4 ; to their sin they add rebellion, which is as bad as witchcraft, 1 Samuel 15:23 ; till at length they lose all passive power also of being converted, and so are transformed, as it were, into so many devils: having by custom contracted a necessity

Hosea 9:1 — the word signifies ( âéì , in Graec. αγαλλιαν , to dance a galliard): what if other nations do so, when they have got the better of their enemies, or gathered in their harvest, Isaiah 9:4 , or otherwise have all things go well with them? yet revolted Israel had no such cause, unless they were upon better terms with God. Say that this were the time when Joash beat Benhadad thrice over, and recovered the cities of Israel, 2 Kings 13:15-19

Amos 1:1 — iron sinews, and make them buckle under the sense of God’s unsupportable displeasure. Who was among the herdmen of Tekoah — He was no prophet, neither was he a prophet’s son; but a herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit, Amos 7:14 , and extraordinarily called to this high office by Him "who chooseth the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty," 1 Corinthians 1:27 , who enabled the dumb ass to forbid his

Micah 6:4 — sin in the desert, Judges 17:3 ; and Jeroboam, by being there a while, had learned calf worship; hence that strict charge never to make league with them. But to be redeemed out of the house of servants was more; out of the iron furnace, Deuteronomy 4:20 Jeremiah 11:4 , where they wrought night and day in latere et luto, Exodus 1:11 , in setting up those famous pyramids and treasure cities for Pharaoh, where they served with rigour, Exodus 1:13 ; their lives were made bitter with hard bondage, Exodus

Nahum 1:14 — a commandment — sc. To his upper and lower forces, for he is Lord of hosts, commander-in-chief of all creatures. Against thee — O Sennacherib, devoted to destruction for thine intolerable pride and cruelty. God resisteth the proud, James 4:6 , he setteth himself in battle array against him, as the word αντιτασσεται signifieth, commanding all his creatures to fall on; and no wonder. For whereas all other vices flee from God,

Haggai 1:2 — adversaries, they should stir up the people to build the temple; and as an act of heroic faith in the prince, priest, and people, to set upon the work, and finish it, "Not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts," Zechariah 4:6 . See more of this title. See Trapp on " Malachi 3:17 " Doct. 1. This people say — Words then have their weight; neither are men’s tongues their own; but there is a Lord over them, Psalms 12:4 that will call them to a strict

Haggai 2:4 — Pero ahora esfuérzate, oh Zorobabel, dice el SEÑOR; y esfuérzate, oh Josué, hijo de Josedec, el sumo sacerdote; Y esfuércense todos los de la tierra, dice el SEÑOR, y trabajen; porque yo estoy con ustedes, dice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos. Ver. 4. Pero ahora sé fuerte, oh Zorobabel, etc. ] Aquí exhorta a todos los rangos, primero, al buen afecto, sea fuerte, o de buen ánimo; en segundo lugar, a la buena acción, al trabajo o al estar haciendo; porque el afecto sin acción es como Rachel, hermosa,

Haggai 2:5 — Genesis 1:1 " Elihu speaks of the Almighty his makers, Job 35:10 . Solomon the same, Ecclesiastes 12:1 Song of Solomon 1:11 , which Jarchi interpreteth of the Trinity. Isaiah hath his Trisagion, or, "Holy, holy, holy," Isaiah 6:3 In Isaiah 42:5 "Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and they that stretched them out." So Deuteronomy 6:4 , when Moses beginneth to rehearse the law, and to explain it, the first thing he teacheth them is the Trinity in Unity and Unity

Malachi 1:6 — anteriores. En segundo lugar, del desprecio hacia él y su servicio; como aparece, primero por la aplicación de esa ley natural confirmada por la costumbre de todos los países. Si entonces soy padre, etc. ] Como comúnmente me llamas y me reclamas, Jer 3: 4 Juan 8:41 "Tenemos un solo Padre, Dios". Y desde hace mucho tiempo Moisés te ha enseñado a hacerlo, y te ha dicho con qué derecho vengo a ser tu Padre, aunque con una exprobación de tu detestable deshonra, Deuteronomio 32:6 "¿Así pagáis al Señor?"

Malachi 2:10 — primero con los sacerdotes), por su maldad; donde tenemos tantas palabras, tantos argumentos. In brevitate verborum est luxuries rerum. Si la falta de palabras es el meollo del asunto. Cuántos están aquí, y todos para persuadir a la unidad. Véase Efesios 4:3,5 . Que los que se encarguen de ellos para persuadir a otros a la equidad y la unanimidad aprendan a ordenar su asunto con generosidad y a llenarse la boca con argumentos, tales que puedan caer espesos y prevalecer, siendo secundados y asentados con

Matthew 5:29 — than that any filth should remain there. Pluck it out of the old Adam, and set it into the new man. Get that oculum irretortum, that may look forth right upon the mark, without idle or curious prying into, or poring upon, forbidden beauties, Proverbs 4:25 . A praetor (said the heathen) should have continent eyes as well as hands. And the Greek orator wittily and worthily upbraided a certain wanton, that he had not pupils but punks in his eyes. ου κορας,

Matthew 7:1 — cover it with thy hand, as surgeons, use to do, that the world may be never the wiser. This were charity, which hides with her mantle a multitude of sins; yea, prepares covers and cures for the infirmities of others as fast as they breed them, 1 Peter 4:8 . And the neglect hereof, the not giving vent to our hearts, by a wise and plain reproof, causeth estrangement of affection, dwelling suspicions, blind censures, a very habit of misunderstanding and misinterpretation of all things, till men grow rusty

Matthew 7:1 — luego cúbrela con tu mano, como hacen los cirujanos, para que el mundo nunca se entere. Esto era caridad, que esconde con su manto multitud de pecados; sí, prepara coberturas y cura para las enfermedades de otros tan rápido como los crían, 1 Pedro 4:8 . Y el descuido de esto, el no dar rienda suelta a nuestro corazón, mediante una reprimenda sabia y sencilla, provoca un distanciamiento del afecto, sospechas persistentes, censuras ciegas, un hábito mismo de malentendidos y malas interpretaciones