Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
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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 copied out.
3As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things belong to the LORD 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 law.
2 Samuel 14:19The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant.
1 Kings 3:16Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
1 Kings 4:29God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.
Ezra 4:19I decreed, and search has been made, and it was found that this city has made insurrection against kings in the past, and that rebellion and revolts have been made in it.
Job 11:7“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits 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 →