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Ecclesiastes 5:1

Ecclesiastes 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God The house of the sanctuary of the Lord, the temple built by Solomon; and so any pla...

Psalms 73

Chapter?73This psalm, and the ten that next follow it, carry the name of Asaph in the titles of them. If he was the penman of them (as many think),...

Psalm 91:15

?EXPOSITION Verse 15. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him. He will have need to pray, he will be led to pray aright and the answer shall sure...

Hosea 14

Chapter?14 An exhortation to repentance. (1-3) Blessings promised, showing the rich comforts of the gospel. (4-8) The just and the wicked. (9) V...

Psalm 34:18

?EXPOSITIONVerse 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart. Near in friendship to accept and console. Broken hearts think God far away...

Exodus 40

Chapter?40 The tabernacle is to be set up, Aaron and his sons to be sanctified. (1-15) Moses performs all as directed. (16-33) The glory of the Lord ...

Genesis 18

The Book of GenesisChapter 18Chapter Overview:We have an account in this chapter of another interview between God and Abraham, probably within a few d...

Deuteronomy 30

Chapter?30One would have thought that the threatenings in the close of the foregoing chapter had made a full end of the people of Israel, and had left...

Psalms 122

Chapter?122This psalm seems to have been penned by David for the use of the people of Israel, when they came up to Jerusalem to worship at the three s...

Jeremiah 31:33

Jeremiah 31:33 But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, saith the Lord The several articles or br...

Zephaniah 1

Chapter?1 Zephaniah excites to repentance, foretells the destruction of the enemies of the Jews, and comforts the pious among them with promises of f...

2 Samuel 18:28

2 Samuel 18:28 And Ahimaaz called and said unto the king As soon as he came so near as to be heard by him, before he came up to him, he said with a lo...

Book VI.

Book VI.Book VI.-------- Chapter I.-Book VI. Diligence in Study.But as soon as day began to advance the dawn upon the retiring darkness, Peter having ...

Psalm 84:10

?EXPOSITIONVerse 10. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. Of course the psalmist means a thousand days spent elsewhere. Under the most f...

Psalms 39

Chapter?39David seems to have been in a great strait when he penned this psalm, and, upon some account or other, very uneasy; for it is with some diff...

Psalm 56:3

?EXPOSITIONVerse 3. What time I am afraid. David was no braggart, he does not claim never to be afraid, and he was no brutish Stoic free from fear bec...

Proverbs 11

Chapter?11 Verse 1 As religion towards God is a branch of universal righteousness (he is not an honest man that is not devout), so righteousness towar...

Job 14

Chapter?14 Job speaks of man's life. (1-6) Of man's death. (7-15) By sin man is subject to corruption. (16-22) Verses 1-6 Job enlarges upon ...

Chapter XXII

In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to youward.?1 Thess. V. 18. TN everything give thanks?that means a life of u...

Zephaniah 2

Chapter?2In this chapter we have, I. An earnest exhortation to the nation of the Jews to repent and make their peace with God, and so to prevent the j...