25 These are also parables of Solomon, which the [a]men of Hezekiah King of Judah [b]copied out.

The glory of God is to [c]conceal a thing secret: but the [d]King’s honor is to search out a thing.

The heavens in height, and the earth in deepness: and the [e]king’s heart can no man search out.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:1 Whom Hezekiah appointed for this purpose.
  2. Proverbs 25:1 That is, gathered out of divers books of Solomon.
  3. Proverbs 25:2 God doth not reveal the cause of his judgments to man.
  4. Proverbs 25:2 Because the king ruleth by the revealed word of God, the cause of his doings must appear, and therefore he must use diligence in trying out of causes.
  5. Proverbs 25:3 He showeth that it is too hard for man to attain to the reason of all the secret doings of the King, even when he is upright, and doeth his duty.

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