Proverbs 25:2

Modern King James Version

The glory of God is to hide a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:5

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

2 Samuel 14:19

And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none shall turn to the right hand or to the left from anything which my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab commanded me. And he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.

Ezra 4:15

so that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers, and you shall find in the book of the records, and shall know that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have rebelled in it in the past, for which cause that city was destroyed.

Ezra 4:19

And I commanded, and search has been made, and it is found that this city has lifted up itself against kings in the past, and rebellion and revolt have been made in it.

Ezra 5:17

And therefore, if it seems good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was given from 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 did not know, I searched out.

Job 38:4

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell if you have understanding!

Job 40:2

Shall a reprover contend with the Almighty? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

Job 42:3

Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me; yea, I did not know.

Proverbs 25:27

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

Proverbs 25:3

The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but the heart of kings is without searching.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all which is done under the heavens. It is a sad task God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.

Deuteronomy 29:28

And Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger and wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is today.

Deuteronomy 29:29

The secret things belong to Jehovah our God, but the revealed things belong to us and to our sons forever, so that we may do all the words of this Law.