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Proverbs 25:1-3
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More of Solomon's proverbs

25 These are more of Solomon's proverbs.[a] Hezekiah's men wrote them down when Hezekiah was king of Judah.[b]

2 God hides things because he is great. But great kings can explain things.

3 You can never know all the thoughts of a king. They go high above the sky and deep below the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:1 Some of these proverbs are longer than the proverbs in chapters 10 to 22. Many of them are written down in groups, not one by one.
  2. 25:1 King Hezekiah lived 250 years after King Solomon.
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Proverbs 25:1-3
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More Proverbs of Solomon

25 These are more proverbs(A) of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:(B)

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
    to search out a matter is the glory of kings.(C)
3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,
    so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

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