“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.”
Proverbs 25:2 (KJV) |
Proverbs 25:2
From Proverbs 25, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
Read in Context
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.