THEOSISProverbs 25:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings to search out the speech.
כְּבֹ֣ד אֱ֭לֹהִים הַסְתֵּ֣ר דָּבָ֑ר וּכְבֹ֥ד מְ֝לָכִ֗ים חֲקֹ֣ר דָּבָֽר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 29:29Secret things to the Lord our God: things that are manifest, to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
- Rom 11:33O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!
- Rom 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?
- Job 11:7Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?
- Job 11:8He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?
- Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.
- Job 39:30Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there.
- Job 42:3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.