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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding : whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. If you will be like a horse or a mule, do not be surprised when you are made to feel the bit and bridle which are appropriate for such creatures, and if a whip and spur are added, remember that you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. “Be ye not as the horse,” not only David, but all of you. If God will guide you, be guided; if he will teach you, be teachable; if he will be gracious to you, be gracious towards him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. A pardoning God may well ask this of us, that we would be tender. Oh! let us be very willing to do the Lord’s will, plastic in his hands like clay in the hand of the potter. It is a great pity,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Be not hard in the mouth; be not stubborn, willful, obstinate, rebellious.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Do not be difficult to manage. Be not hard-mouthed. Be ready to be guided by the eye of God. Be not like stubborn beasts, that must be held in with bit and bridle, and that often need the whip, too.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. “Be ye not as the horse,” not only David, but all of you. If God will guide you, be guided; if he will teach you, be teachable; if he will be gracious to you, be gracious towards him.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked,.... Who will not be instructed and reformed, but are like the horse and mule, without understanding; many outward sorrows or afflictions attend them; loathsome and consuming diseases come upon their bodies by intemperance and debauchery; and they and their families are brought to a piece of bread, through...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: This refers to you who are outside the family of God, who do not come under his rod, you are not in his love and favor, for you have no faith in his dear Son. Do not think that you will escape punishment. If the Lord “scourgeth every son whom he receiveth”, what will he do with his enemies? “Many sorrows shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked. It is all merriment with them now; they “count it one of the wisest things, to drive dull care away.” But hark to this knell of all their joys, “Many sorrows shall be to the wicked.” If not today, or tomorrow, yet by-and-by, and in that day, it shall be so. All the future is dark to the wicked; the further they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: Godly men also have many sorrows, but then they always have sweets with their bitters, but “many sorrows shall be to the wicked,” and there will be no sweets to go with them. Psa_32:10. But he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. He shall have mercy all round him. He who trusts his God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: The backsliding child of God will smart under the strokes of his Father’s chastising rod; but sterner treatment still will fall to the lot of “the wicked.” On another occasion, David wrote, “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” Psa_32:10. But he that trusteth in the LORD,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. “ Many sorrows shall be to the wicked.” David had found that out, his sin had brought him a transient pleasure, but a lasting misery. He shall have a bodyguard of mercy, God will be gracious to him, tender to him, and will not leave him if he is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: They pursue pleasure as if it belonged to them alone. They talk about “a short life and a merry one.” Poor things, how sadly mistaken they are! “Many sorrows shall be to the wicked.” They have a terrible inheritance, a dreadful entail of suffering.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, Be demonstrative about it, make other people hear of it. Do not be ashamed to let your holy joy be known. Be not so very proper and orderly as to mumble out your praises as some do: “Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Many sorrows, shall be to the wicked: — Wicked man, that is the portion that is to come to you; and it will surely come to you if you continue in your present evil course. This is the title deed of your future inheritance; do you like the prospect of such a possession as that? “Many sorrows shall be to the wicked:” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. Let your joy be demonstrative. Do not be ashamed to let others see how happy you are. The Lord hath done great things for you - therefore, “be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. “Many sorrows shall be to the wicked”; David had found that out; his sin had brought him a transient pleasure, but a lasting misery. He shall have a bodyguard of mercy; God will be gracious to him, tender to him, and will not leave him if he is...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Be glad in the Lord,.... The Targum renders it, "in the Word of the Lord"; in Christ the essential Word; in him as the Lord their righteousness, and because of his righteousness imputed to them, by which they become righteous; and in him as their Saviour and Redeemer, and because of the salvation which he has wrought out for them; see Isaiah...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. Be demonstrative; let men see that you are happy: Shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.” The Psalm is a joyful one, after all. David’s experience has taken him through a deep sense of his own sin; but it has brought him out into an...