Proverbs 25:2

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:29

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

Job 42:3

You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

Job 38:4

“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.

Ezra 4:15

that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. And you will find in the book of the records and know that this city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, and that they have incited sedition within the city in former times, for which cause this city was destroyed.

Ezra 4:19

And I gave the command, and a search has been made, and it was found that this city in former times has revolted against kings, and rebellion and sedition have been fostered in it.

Job 40:2

“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”

Ezra 5:17

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

Ezra 6:1

Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

Proverbs 25:3

As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Deuteronomy 29:28

And the Lord uprooted them from their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.’

2 Samuel 1:5

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

2 Samuel 14:19

So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab commanded me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey; So to seek one’s own glory is not glory.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.