Proverbs 25:2
The glory of God [is] to hide a thing, || And the glory of kings [is] to search out a matter.
Literal Standard Version
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 proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed:
3The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, || And the heart of kings—[are] unsearchable.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29The things hidden [belong] to our God YHWH, and the things revealed [belong] to us and to our sons for all time, to do all the words of this law.”
2 Samuel 14:19And the king says, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answers and says, “Your soul lives, my lord, O king, none [turn] to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab commanded me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant.
1 Kings 3:16Then two women, harlots, come to the king, and they stand before him,
1 Kings 4:29And God gives very much wisdom and understanding to Solomon, and breadth of heart, as the sand that [is] on the edge of the sea;
Ezra 4:19and by me a decree has been made, and they sought, and have found that this city is lifting up itself against kings from the days of old, and rebellion and sedition is made in it,
Job 11:7Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
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 →