Proverbs 25:2

Word of Yahweh

It is the honour of Elohim to conceal a thing: but the honour 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 knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

2 Samuel 14:19

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my master the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my master the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

Ezra 4:15

That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

Ezra 4:19

And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

Ezra 5:17

Now therefore, if it seem 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 Elah 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 rolls, 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 wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Job 40:2

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth Eloah, let him answer it.

Job 42:3

Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that 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 their own honour is not honour.

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 sore travail hath Elohim given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

Deuteronomy 29:28

And Yahweh 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 Yahweh our Elohim: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.