Proverbs 25:2
It is the honor of God to conceal a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Leeser Tanakh
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
1Also these are the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah the king of Judah have collected.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29(29:28) The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are publicly known belong unto us and to our children for ever, to 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? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my Lord, O king! none can turn to the right or to the left from all that my Lord the king hath spoken; for it was thy servant Joab who hath bidden me, and it was he that hath put in the mouth of thy hand-maid all these words.
1 Kings 3:16Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and placed themselves before him.
1 Kings 4:29(5:9) And God gave unto Solomon wisdom and understanding exceedingly much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
Ezra 4:19And an order was given by me, and search was made, and it was found that this city from the most ancient time hath lifted itself up against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been practised therein.
Job 11:7Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find [the way] unto the utmost limit of the Almighty?
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 →