Proverbs 25:2

King James 2000

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:5

And David said unto the young man that told him, How know you that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

2 Samuel 14:19

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, 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 Joab, 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 harmful unto kings and provinces, and that they have incited sedition within the city from of old: for which cause was this city destroyed.

Ezra 4:19

And I commanded, and search has been made, and it is found that this city from of old has made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.

Ezra 5:17

Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

Ezra 6:1

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the scrolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not 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 that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it.

Job 42:3

Who is he that hides counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.

Proverbs 25:3

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this severe burden has God given to the sons of man 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 it is this day.

Deuteronomy 29:29

The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.