Proverbs 25:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Proverbs 25:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 29:29
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: 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.
Romans 11:33-34
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! …
Job 11:7-8
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? …
Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 2-3)

Here is, 1. An instance given of the honour of God: It is his glory to conceal a matter. He needs not search into any thing, for he perfectly knows every thing by a clear and certain view, and nothing can be hidden from him; and yet his own way is in the sea and his path in the great waters. There is an unfathomable depth in his counsels, Rom. 11:33. It is but a little portion that is heard of him…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. God’s unsearchableness impresses us with awe (compare Is 45:15; Ro 11:33). But kings, being finite, should confer with wise counsellors;