Proverbs 25:3
The heaues in height, and the earth in deepenes, and the Kings heart can no man search out.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
In Context
2The glorie of God is to conceale a thing secret: but the Kings honour is to search out a thing.
4Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.
Cross References
1 Kings 4:29And God gaue Salomon wisdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, and a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore,
Isaiah 7:11Aske a signe for thee of the Lord thy God: aske it, either in the depth beneath or in the height aboue.
Romans 8:39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shalbe able to separate vs from the loue of God, which is in Christ Iesus our Lord.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:3-4
Prudential Maxims. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. Here is, 1. An instance given of the honour of God: It is his glory to conceal a matter. He needs not search into any thing, for he perfectly knows every thing by a clear and certain view, and nothing can be hidden from him; and yet his own way is in the sea and his path in the great waters. There is an… Read the whole commentary →