16And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. …
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. …
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-23)1. With what a gracious violence Lot was brought out of Sodom, Gen. 19:16. It seems, though he did not make a jest of the warning given, as his sons-in-law did, yet he lingered, he trifled, he did not make so much haste as the case required. Thus many that are under some convictions about the misery of their spiritual state, and the necessity of a change, yet defer that needful work, and foolishly…
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