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Proverbs 25

Prov. 25:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Iti is the glory
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
to conceal
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
a thing
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
: but the honor
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
of kings
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
is to search out
chaqar (Hebrew #2713)
properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
KJV usage: find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
Pronounce: khaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
l a matter
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
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Deut. 29:29• 29The 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. (Deut. 29:29)
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Job 29:16• 16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. (Job 29:16)

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the glory.
Deut. 29:29• 29The 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. (Deut. 29:29)
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Job 11:7‑8• 7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
 8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? (Job 11:7‑8)
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Job 38:4‑41• 4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
 5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
 6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
 8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
 10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
 12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
 14It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
 15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
 16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
 17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
 18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
 19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
 20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
 21Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
 22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
 23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
 24By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
 25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
 26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
 27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
 28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
 29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
 30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
 31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
 32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
 33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
 34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
 35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
 36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
 37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
 38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
 39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
 40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
 41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. (Job 38:4‑41)
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Job 39:1‑30• 1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
 2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
 3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
 4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
 5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
 6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
 7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
 8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
 9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
 10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
 11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
 12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
 13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
 14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
 15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
 16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
 17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
 18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
 19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
 20Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
 21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
 22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
 23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
 24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
 25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
 26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
 27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
 28She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
 29From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
 30Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. (Job 39:1‑30)
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Job 40:2• 2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. (Job 40:2)
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Job 42:3• 3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. (Job 42:3)
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Rom. 11:33‑34• 33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
 34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? (Rom. 11:33‑34)
the honour.
1 Kings 3:9‑28• 9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
 10And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
 11And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
 12Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
 13And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
 14And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
 15And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
 16Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
 17And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
 18And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
 19And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
 20And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
 21And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
 22And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
 23Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
 24And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
 25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
 26Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
 27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
 28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. (1 Kings 3:9‑28)
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1 Kings 4:29‑34• 29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
 30And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
 31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
 32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
 33And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
 34And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. (1 Kings 4:29‑34)
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Ezra 4:15,19• 15That 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.
 19And 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 4:15,19)
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Ezra 5:17• 17Now 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 God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. (Ezra 5:17)
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Ezra 6:1• 1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. (Ezra 6:1)
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Job 29:16• 16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. (Job 29:16)
• More than once is our attention called, in the Bible, to the inscrutableness of God’s counsels and designs. See Deuteronomy 29:29, and Romans 11:33-34. As the heavens are high above the earth, so, we are told, are His thoughts above ours. (“Proverbs Twenty-Five” by H.A. Ironside)
• He would have those in authority search earnestly His word that they may find out His mind and will. This is good and profitable exercise. (“Proverbs Twenty-Five” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing.