?EXPOSITION Verse 7. When the wicked spring as the grass, in abundance, and apparent strength, hastening on their progress like verdant plants, which ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 36. Are smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. Now came the master blow. The Lord spoke before...
The Book of ProverbsChapter 5Chapter Overview: A farther exhortation to wisdom, ver. 1, 2. A caution against whoredom, ver. 3 - 14. Remedies agains...
Letter VII. To a Friend.Letter VII. To a Friend.What flower in spring is so bright, what voices of singing birds are so sweet, what breezes that sooth...
Bread. [N] [T] [E]The preparation of bread as an article of food dates from a very early period. ( Genesis 18:6 ) The corn or grain employed was of v...
Overview - Isaiah 6 1?Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory, 5?being terrified, has apprehensions removed. 8?He offers himself, and is sent t...
Hymn XI.Hymn XI.(The Virgin Mother to Her Child.)I Shall not be jealous, my Son, that Thou art with me, and also with all men. Be Thou God to him that...
?EXPOSITION Verse 4. My heart is smitten, like a plant parched by the fierce heat of a tropical sun, and withered like grass, which dries up when once...
Song of Solomon 2:1 I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.] Whether Christ, or the church, is here speaking, is not certain: most o...
Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs Another sign of spring being come, nay, of its being pretty much advanced, since Christ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 151. Thou art near, O Lord. Near as the enemy might be, God was nearer: this is one of the choicest comforts of the persecuted child...
Chapter 4040:1 Comfort a ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. (a) This is a consolation for the Church, assuring them that they will never be des...
\\INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 28\\ In this chapter the ten tribes of Israel and the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, are threatened with divine judgments...
Lamentations 1:18 The Lord is righteous Or, righteous [is] he the Lord {g}; in all these dispensations of his providence, how afflictive and severe so...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 63. The fire consumed their young men. As fire slew Nadab and Abihu literally, so the fire of divine wrath fell on the sons of Eli, w...
Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb Jarchi interprets it of the words of the law; but it may be much better understood of the doctrine...
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...
Proverbs 5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others To strumpets, their children, attendants, servants, and friends; that is, either wealth or riches...
Jeremiah 13:17 But if ye will not hear it The advice and exhortation now given, to repent of sin, be humble before God, and glorify him: my soul shall...
Chapter 77:12? But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not...