Proverbs 25:2

New English Translation

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:5

David said to the young man who was telling him this, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

2 Samuel 14:19

The king said, “Did Joab put you up to all of this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.

Ezra 4:15

so that he may initiate a search of the records of his predecessors and discover in those records that this city is rebellious and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts from long ago. It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed.

Ezra 4:19

So I gave orders, and it was determined that this city from long ago has been engaging in insurrection against kings. It has continually engaged in rebellion and revolt.

Ezra 5:17

“Now if the king is so inclined, let a search be conducted in the royal archives there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”

Ezra 6:1

So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

Job 38:4

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

Job 40:2

“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

Job 42:3

you asked, ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.

Proverbs 25:3

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.

Deuteronomy 29:28

So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”

Deuteronomy 29:29

Secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law.