Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
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Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
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Proverbs 25:1
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 25:3
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
Proverbs 25:4
Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner.
Proverbs 25:5
Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
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Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
Ezra 5:17
Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God 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 the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.
Ezra 6:2
A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:
Deuteronomy 13:14
then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done among you,
Ezra 4:15
that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have started rebellions within it in the past. That is why this city was destroyed.
Ezra 4:19
I decreed, and search has been made, and it was found that this city has made insurrection against kings in the past, and that rebellion and revolts have been made in it.
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Deuteronomy 29:29
The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Daniel 12:9
He said, “Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
Mark 13:32
“But of that day or that hour no one knows—not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Revelation 5:3
No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or to look in it.
Revelation 10:4
When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don’t write them.”
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Romans 11:33
Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Job 11:7
“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
Job 11:8
They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
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Genesis 41:33
“Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Exodus 18:21
Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Deuteronomy 1:13
Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’
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