Proverbs 25:3
The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
In Context
2It is the glory of God to kepe a thing secrete: but the kynges honour is to searche out a thing.
4Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shalbe a vessell for the siner.
Cross References
Isaiah 7:11Require to thy selfe a token of the Lorde thy God, whether it be towarde the depth beneath, or toward the height aboue.
Romans 8:39Neither heygth nor deapth, neither any other creature, shalbe able to seperate vs from the loue of God, which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:3-4
Prudential Maxims. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. Here is, 1. An instance given of the honour of God: It is his glory to conceal a matter. He needs not search into any thing, for he perfectly knows every thing by a clear and certain view, and nothing can be hidden from him; and yet his own way is in the sea and his path in the great waters. There is an… Read the whole commentary →