Proverbs 25:2
“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing,.... Secret things belong unto him, and they are kept so by him: many things…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The earthly monarch might be, in some respects, the type of the heavenly, but here there is a marked contrast. The king…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 25:2-3
Here is, 1. An instance given of the honour of God: It is his glory to conceal a matter. He needs not search into any…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
conceal … search out "To God it brings glory and admiration, that in governing the universe He follows out His own, and…
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