Judges 1

Psalm 109.17, As he loved cursing, so shall it come unto him; and as he loved not blessing, so shall it be far from him. This, Adonibezek felt and confessed, when his thumbs were cut off, Judges 1.6, 7, As I have done, so God has rewarded me. Lastly, in that the destroyer kills…

Sometimes indeed (though but rarely) God causes sinners to reap in this world, the same that they have sown; as has been their sin, such has been their punishment. It was openly confessed by Adonibezek (Judges 1:7): as I have done, so has God requited me. Socrates in his Church…

The penitent remembrance of that former guilt, would greatly help to curb the passionate resentment of the present trouble. When the undutiful rebellious son (in a story that I once read) dragged his father by the hair of the head to the house door, it qualified the anger of the…

What was this kindeness? For the first, The Kenites were the posterity of Jethro, Moses his Father in Law; this you may see, Judges 1:16 For the second, This kindeness was four hundred and twenty years before this time at the least, for so long it was from the Children of Israel…

Jacob in his journey would neither go to Laban, nor come from him, without a warrant. Jehoshaphat in the business of Ramoth-Gilead, would not stir a foot until he had counsel from God; he sends not only to the captain of the host, but to the prophet of the Lord, Inquire, I pray…

Christians, it is not enough to ask God's counsel, but ask his leave in any particular action; in disposing our dwellings, or our concernments of children, and the like. Who shall go up and fight against the Canaanites? (Judges 1) They would fain have the Lord decide it. And aga…