Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But it is the glory of kings to search out a matter.
Noyes Bible
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 also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, collected.
Cross References
Job 11:7Canst thou search out the deep things of God? Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
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 →