Proverbs 25:2

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:5

David said to the young man who told him, How know you that Sha'ul and Yonatan his son are dead?

2 Samuel 14:19

The king said, Is the hand of Yo'av with you in all this? The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Yo'av, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;

Ezra 4:15

that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: so shall you find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.

Ezra 4:19

I decreed, and search has been made, and it is found that this city of old time has made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

Ezra 5:17

Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Bavel, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Koresh the king to build this house of God at Yerushalayim; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

Ezra 6:1

Then Daryavesh the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Bavel.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.

Job 38:4

*Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

Job 40:2

*Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.*

Job 42:3

You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

Proverbs 25:3

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

Deuteronomy 29:28

and the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.

Deuteronomy 29:29

The 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.