Proverbs 25:2
The glory of God, is to conceal a thing, but, the glory of kings, is to search out a thing.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 transcribed.
3The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but, the heart of kings, cannot be searched.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things, [belong unto Yahweh our God] and, the things that are revealed, belong to us and to our children unto times age-abiding, that we may do all the words of this law.
2 Samuel 14:19Then said the king, Is, the hand of Joab, with thee, in all this? And the woman answered and said—By the life of thy soul, my lord, O king, there is no way to the right or to the left, of anything that my lord the king hath spoken, for, thy servant Joab himself, charged me, and, himself, put, in the mouth of thy maidservant, all these words:
1 Kings 3:16Then, came there in two unchaste women, unto the king,—and stood before him.
1 Kings 4:29And God gave wisdom unto Solomon, and discernment, and very great largeness of heart,—like the sand that is on the shore of the sea:
Ezra 4:19And, from me, went forth an edict, and they have made search and found, that, this city, since the days of age-past time, against kings, hath lifted herself up,—and, sedition and rebellion, have been made therein;
Job 11:7The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
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 →