Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
In Context
1These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
3The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things are the Lord our God's: but the things which have been made clear are ours and our children's for ever, so that we may do all the words of this law.
2 Samuel 14:19And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:
1 Kings 3:16Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;
1 Kings 4:29And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.
Ezra 4:19And I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.
Job 11:7Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:2
Pleasures and Advantages of Wisdom. 1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. This verse is the title of this latter collection of Solomon's proverbs, for he sought out and set in order many proverbs, that by them he might be still teaching the people knowledge, Eccl. xii. 9 . Observe, 1. The proverbs were Solomon's, who was divinely inspired to deliver, for the use of the church, these wise and weighty sentences; we have had many, but still there are more. Yet… Read the whole commentary →