276 matching verse commentaries
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Unstable as water, thou shall not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. So a man may have great opportunities, and yet lose them. Uncontrolled passions may make him very little who otherwise might have been great. Reuben was “the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power,” yet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; — So it is clear that the greatest strength and dignity and power will not serve a man, so as to make him excel, if he be unstable. There are many such persons still remaining in the world; their doctrine changes like the moon, and we never know what it is. Their spirit and temper constantly change; their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Simeon and Levi — They stood next according to the order of birth: “Simeon and Levi” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Are brethren; They are very much like each other.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Judah, — Now the patriarch changes his tone, for he has come to that tribe which would take the birthright, out of which the Christ would come: “Judah” — Gen_49:8. Thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: They praised God for him, they praised God by him, they praised God in him; he is the type of Jesus, of whom we can say all this with great...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: His name was praise, and such was his history to be, for David came of that tribe, and great David’s greater Son, whom it is our joy to praise. Gen_49:8. Thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. While that was true of Judah, it is still more...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The coat of arms of Judah was a lion couchant, in the fullness of his strength, keeping still, waiting to spring upon his adversary. Our Lord Christ is such a lion today; “the Lion of the tribe of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion, who shall rouse him up? Our Lord overcame his enemies even in the thicket of this world; and all power is given unto him now that he has “gone up” again into his glory. Let that man beware who would attack this Lion of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Jacob’s eyes were dim, but he could see a very long way; he could see to the coming of Christ, the Shiloh, the Pacificator, the Peace-maker; he could see that day when the Jews would cry, “ We have no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. When did the dominion depart from Judah till the Lord Jesus came as the Seat One? And unto him, to this very day, the people gather, and more and more shall gather in the latter days.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: his eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. They were to have a land in which would be milk for babes and wine for strong men; surely this land is “thy land, O Emmanuel!” What...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice wine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: his eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. It was literally so with Judah, but it is gloriously as with our Lord to this day. It was his blood which yielded the juice of those rare...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his brother shall be unto Zidon. When the land was divided by lot, the lot was disposed by God to the complete fulfillment of Jacob’s prophecy. Many things may seem to be left to chance, but they are not, the hand of God still guides and controls. This blessing...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. So did Zebulun dwell even until the day when our Lord came, for Matthew writes concerning him, “Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: and he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. Issachar’s was a poor case; he was so idle, so fond of rest, that he was willing to become a servant unto tribute. This seems hardly a blessing yet it was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: and he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. This was a poor character for Issachar to possess; it was a tame-spirited tribe, that loved rest and ease, and therefore did not fight with the common foe....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. This tribe would show more cunning than courage; it would excel rather in the strategy of war than in the force of arms. Here the old man paused, and refreshed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. Dan is noted among the tribes for its famous leap, capturing that distant part of the country for itself. Here good old Jacob, worn out by what he had already said,...