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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 Jehovah our God, but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. (Deut. 29:29)
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Job 29:16• 16A father to the needy,{HR}And the cause I knew not I searched. (Job 29:16)

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the glory.
Deut. 29:29• 29The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God, but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. (Deut. 29:29)
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Job 11:7‑8• 7Canst thou, searching, find out God?{HR}Canst thou the Almighty find out to perfection?
 8Heights of heaven, what canst thou do?{HR}Deeper than hell, what canst thou know? (Job 11:7‑8)
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Job 38:4‑41• 4Where wast thou when I founded the earth?{HR}Declare if thou hast understanding.
 5Who fixed its measure that thou shouldest know,{HR}Or who stretched the line upon it?
 6Whereon are its sockets sunken,{HR}Or who laid down its corner-stone,
 7When the morning stars sang together,{HR}And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
 8And [who] shut up the sea with doors,{HR}When it burst forth — came out of the womb,
 9When I made the cloud its garment,{HR}And thick darkness its swaddling-band,
 10And broke for it my law, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther,{HR}And here let one set against the pride of thy waves?
 12Hast thou, from thy days, commanded the mornings,{HR}Made the dawn to know its place,
 13To take hold of the wings of the earth,{HR}That the wicked might be shaken out of it,
 14That it may change like signet-clay,{HR}And things stand forth like a garment,
 15And from the wicked their light is withheld,{HR}And the uplifted arm is broken?
 16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea,{HR}And walked about the secret of the deep?
 17Have the gates of death been disclosed to thee?{HR}And seest thou the gates of the shadow of death?
 18Hast thou strictly attended to the breadths of the earth?{HR}Declare if thou knowest the whole of it.
 19What [is] the way the light dwelleth,{HR}And darkness, where [is] its place,
 20That thou mightest bring it to its bound,{HR}And that thou mightest know the path [to] its house?
 21Thou knowest! for thou wast then born,{HR}And the number of thy days [is] great.
 22Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow,{HR}Or hast thou seen the storehouses of the hail,
 23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,{HR}Against the day of battle and war?
 24Where is the way the light is distributed,{HR}The east wind is dispersed over the earth?
 25Who divideth watercourses for the torrents,{HR}Or a way for the lightning of thunder,
 26To cause it to rain on the land [where is] no man.{HR}The wilderness wherein [is] no man,
 27To satisfy the desolate and waste,{HR}And to make the place of the green herb to sprout?
 28Hath the rain a father?{HR}Or who begetteth the drops of dew?
 29Out of whose womb cometh the ice?{HR}And the frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
 30The waters hide themselves like stone,{HR}And the face of the deep cleaveth together.
 31Canst thou bind the bands of the Pleiades,{HR}Or unloose the traces of Orion?
 32Canst thou bring forth the Zodiac in his season,{HR}And as for Arcturus with its young, guide them?
 33Knowest thou the laws of heaven?{HR}Canst thou set its dominion over the earth?
 34Canst thou apply thy voice to the cloud,{HR}And abundance of water shall cover thee?
 35Canst thou send forth lightnings, and they shall go{HR}And say to thee, here we [are]!
 36Who put wisdom in the inward parts?{HR}Or who gave understanding to the perception?
 37Who regulateth the clouds by wisdom,{HR}Or who inclineth the pitchers of heaven,
 38When the dust is poured into hardness,{HR}And the clods are compacted together?
 39Dost thou hunt prey for the lioness,{HR}And fill the desire of the young lions,
 40When they couch in dens — abide in the covert in ambush?
 41Who provideth for the raven his meat,{HR}When his young cry to God [El] — wander without food? (Job 38:4‑41)
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Job 39:1‑30• 1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bear?{HR}Watchest thou over the calving of the hinds?
 2Numberest thou the months that they fulfil?{HR}And knowest thou the time of their bearing?
 3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young,{HR}They cast away their pangs.
 4Their young fatten, grow up in the desert,{HR}They go forth, and return to them no more!
 5Who sent forth the wild ass free,{HR}And who loosed the bands of the fleeing one?
 6Whose house I made the desert, and his abode the salt land.
 7He laugheth at the tumult of the city,{HR}The cries of the driver he heareth not,
 8The range of mountains [is] his pasture,{HR}And he seeketh after every green thing.
 9Will the wild ox choose to serve thee?{HR}Will he pass the night over thy crib?
 10Dost thou bind the wild ox in the furrow of his cord?{HR}Doth he harrow the valleys after thee?
 11Wilt thou trust him because his strength [is] great?{HR}And wilt thou leave unto him thy labour?
 12Dost thou trust him that he will bring back thy seed,{HR}And gather up thy threshing-floor?
 13The wing of the ostrich waveth joyously:{HR}Is it the pinion and plumage of the stork?
 14For she leaveth on the earth her eggs,{HR}And warmeth [them] on the dust,
 15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them,{HR}And that the wild beast may trample them.
 16She is hard on her young [as if ] not for her;{HR}Without fear her labour is in vain;
 17For God hath caused her to forget wisdom,{HR}And hath not given her a portion in understanding;
 18What time she lifteth herself up on high,{HR}She laugheth at the horse, and at his rider.
 19Dost thou give to the horse might?{HR}Dost thou clothe his neck with quivering mane?
 20Dost thou make him leap like the, locust?{HR}The majesty of his snorting is terrible.
 21They paw in the valley, and he exulteth in strength;{HR}He goeth forth to meet the armour.
 22He laugheth at fear, and trembleth not,{HR}Nor turneth back from the face of the sword.
 23Against him rattleth the quiver, the blade of spear and lance.
 24With rush and rage he swalloweth the ground,{HR}And stayeth not fixed when the trumpet soundeth.
 25Among the trumpets he saith, Aha!{HR}And from afar he scenteth the battle,{HR}The thunder of the chieftains, and the shouting.
 26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom,{HR}And spread his pinions to the south?
 27Doth the eagle mount up at thy bidding,{HR}And build his nest on high?
 28He inhabiteth a rock, and lodgeth{HR}On the tooth of a rock, and a fastness.
 29Thence he espieth food; afar his eyes behold,
 30And his young ones lap blood,{HR}And where the slain [are], there [is] he. (Job 39:1‑30)
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Job 40:2• 2Is the censurer to correct with the Almighty?{HR}The reprover of God, let him answer it. (Job 40:2)
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Job 42:3• 3Who [is] this darkening counsel without knowledge?{HR}Therefore I declared what I understood not,{HR}Things too wonderful for me, that I knew not. (Job 42:3)
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Rom. 11:33‑34• 33O depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! how unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways!
 34For who knew [the] Lord's mind? or who became his counsellor! (Rom. 11:33‑34)
the honour.
1 Kings 3:9‑28• 9{i}Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people?{/i}
 10{i}And the word pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.{/i}
 11{i}And God said to 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 discernment to understand judgment;{/i}
 12{i}behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there hath been none like unto thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.{/i}
 13{i}And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and glory; so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.{/i}
 14{i}And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will prolong thy days.{/i}
 15{i}And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.{/i}
 16{i}Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.{/i}
 17{i}And the first woman said, Ah, my lord! I and this woman abode in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.{/i}
 18{i}And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; no stranger was with us in the house, only we two were in the house.{/i}
 19{i}And this woman's child died in the night; because she had lain upon it.{/i}
 20{i}And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.{/i}
 21{i}And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; and I considered it in the morning, and behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.{/i}
 22{i}And the other woman said, No, for the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this one said, No, but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.{/i}
 23{i}Then said the king, The one says, This that is living is my son, and thy son is the dead; and the other says, No, for thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.{/i}
 24{i}And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.{/i}
 25{i}And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.{/i}
 26{i}Then spoke the woman whose was the living child to the king, for her bowels yearned over her son, and she said, Ah, my lord! give her the living child, and in no wise put it to death. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine; divide it.{/i}
 27{i}And the king answered and said, Give this one the living child, and in no wise put it to death: she is its mother.{/i}
 28{i}And 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 justice.{/i} (1 Kings 3:9‑28)
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1 Kings 4:29‑34• 29{i}And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.{/i}
 30{i}And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.{/i}
 31{i}For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.{/i}
 32{i}And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.{/i}
 33{i}And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.{/i}
 34{i}And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.{/i} (1 Kings 4:29‑34)
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Ezra 4:15,19• 15{i}that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed.{/i}
 19{i}And I gave orders, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city of old time has made insurrection against the kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been raised therein.{/i} (Ezra 4:15,19)
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Ezra 5:17• 17{i}And now, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king's treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that orders were given by king Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.{/i} (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• 16A father to the needy,{HR}And the cause I knew not I searched. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing;{HR}But the glory of kings [is] to search out a matter.