Proverbs 25:2

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:5

David asked the young man informing him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

2 Samuel 14:19

Then the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” “As your soul lives, my lord the king,” the woman answered, “no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Yes, your servant Joab was the one who commanded me and put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.

Ezra 4:15

so that a search may be made in the book of records of your fathers and you will discover in the records and know that this city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting internal revolts from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.

Ezra 4:19

At my order a search was made and it was found that this city has from earliest times revolted against kings and that rebellion and sedition continually occur in it.

Ezra 5:17

“Now, if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see if in fact King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this House of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision about this matter.”

Ezra 6:1

King Darius then issued an order and a search was made in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of one I did not know.

Job 38:4

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

Job 40:2

“Will the one who contends with Shaddai correct him? Let him who accuses God answer!”

Job 42:3

You ask, ‘Who is this, who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke without understanding, things too wonderful for me which I did not know.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat too much honey, or honorable to seek one’s own honor.

Proverbs 25:3

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

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I applied my heart to seek and examine by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a burdensome task God has given the sons of men to keep them occupied.

Deuteronomy 29:28

“The secret things belong to Adonai our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever—in order to do all the words of this Torah.