Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings to search out the speech.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezechias king of Juda copied out.
3The heaven above, and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29Secret things to the Lord our God: things that are manifest, to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
2 Samuel 14:19And the king said: Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? The woman answered, and said: By the health of thy soul, my lord, O king, it is neither on the left hand, nor on the right, in all these things which my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy handmaid.
1 Kings 3:16Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him:
1 Kings 4:29And God gave to Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart as the sand that is on the sea shore.
Ezra 4:19And I commanded: and search hath been made, and it is found, that this city of old time hath rebelled against kings, and seditions and wars have been raised therein.
Job 11:7Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?
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 →