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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. There is a great fulfillment of that prophecy yet to come in the latter days, but it is fulfilled even now. Who does not see that the man who really enjoys life, and enjoys the world, is, after all, the meek, humble-minded Christian man? That shepherd of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. “His day is coming,” and what a day it will be! When the day of the wicked shall come, the day of God’s righteous...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
, But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. ‘The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.- That has been the style of things from the beginning, and the old serpent’s seed will be like the old serpent, and he “was more subtle than any beast of the field.” “The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Lord shall laugh at him,”For he seeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. Not of one wicked man only, but of “many wicked.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. “Many wicked.” That is a strong expression; the psalmist does not merely mention the riches of one wicked man, but he says, “A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. He keeps on upholding them. He holds them up, and in another sense he lifts them up on high, and holds them up near to himself in the glorious sunshine of fellowship with him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. They would soon fall if they were not upheld; but they shall not fall, for God will make them to stand.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. They must stand, therefore, for how shall he fall whom God upholds?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: He is well acquainted with their bright days and their dark days. He keeps a diary of all their ever-changing experiences: “The Lord knoweth the days of the upright”: — Psa_37:18. And their inheritance shall be for ever. There is a necessity upon covenant blessings, which ensures their enjoyment by all the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: — He knows our dark days and our bright days, and all our days that are yet to be as well as all our days that have been. The Lord knows all about all our days. Psa_37:18. And their inheritance shall be for ever. What they have, if it be really worth having, they shall keep for ever. What God has given...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. These are bad times now. Everyone complains, and indeed there seems to be abundant cause, for distress is universal. But let us fall back on the promise. “In the days of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. They shall not only get, as we say, “a sup and a bite,” but “they shall be satisfied,” and that even “in the days of famine,” when other people starve. They are well fed whom God feeds; there is no table like the one furnished and supplied by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: If any shall say to them, “How is it that you are a child of God, and yet you live in such an evil time?” they shall not be ashamed, but they will have an answer ready for them. They will tell them that many righteous men have lived in evil times, but they themselves have not been evil because of that....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. There is nothing that they can get, but God will give them what they cannot get themselves. He will ransack heaven and earth to find food for his people: “In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth. He prefers to do that rather than to lend; it generally comes to the same thing in the long run, and he may as well...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. The steps of...