Proverbs 25:2
It is the kavod ·weighty glory· of God to conceal a thing, 2 but the kavod ·weighty glory· of kings is to search out a matter. 1
One Unity Resource 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
3As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, 2 so the hearts of kings are unsearchable. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things belong to Yahweh Eloheikhem [Yahweh our God]; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this Torah ·Teaching·.
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 →