Proverbs 25:2

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Proverbs 25:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.

3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.

4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.

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Deuteronomy 29:29

The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

Job 11:7

Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

Job 11:8

They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

Job 38:4

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Job 38:5

Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

Job 38:6

On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

Job 38:7

while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:8

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Job 38:9

when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

Job 38:10

when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

Job 38:11

and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Job 38:12

In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Job 38:13

that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

Job 38:14

The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

Job 38:15

Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

Job 38:16

Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Job 38:18

Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

Job 38:19

Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

Job 38:20

so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?

Job 38:21

Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!

Job 38:22

Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,

Job 38:23

which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

Job 38:24

In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

Job 38:25

Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

Job 38:26

to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

Job 38:27

to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

Job 38:28

Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?

Job 38:29

From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,

Job 38:30

when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?

Job 38:31

Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

Job 38:32

Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?

Job 38:33

Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

Job 38:34

Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

Job 38:35

Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

Job 38:36

Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

Job 38:37

Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

Job 38:38

when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

Job 38:39

Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

Job 38:40

when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

Job 38:41

Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

Job 39:1

“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

Job 39:2

Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?

Job 39:3

They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.

Job 39:4

Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

Job 39:5

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Job 39:6

I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

Job 39:7

He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Job 39:8

He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Job 39:9

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

Job 39:10

Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Job 39:11

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Job 39:12

Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Job 39:13

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.

Job 39:14

For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

Job 39:15

She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

Job 39:16

She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

Job 39:17

For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Job 39:18

Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

Job 39:19

Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

Job 39:20

Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

Job 39:21

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

Job 39:22

He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

Job 39:23

A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.

Job 39:24

Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

Job 39:25

At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

Job 39:26

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

Job 39:27

Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

Job 39:28

He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

Job 39:29

From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

Job 39:30

His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”

Job 40:2

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

Job 42:3

You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Romans 11:33

O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

Romans 11:34

“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

1 Kings 3:9

Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

1 Kings 3:10

Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.

1 Kings 3:11

So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—

1 Kings 3:12

behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.

1 Kings 3:13

Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.

1 Kings 3:14

So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

1 Kings 3:15

Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

1 Kings 3:16

At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

1 Kings 3:17

One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.

1 Kings 3:18

On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.

1 Kings 3:19

During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.

1 Kings 3:20

So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

1 Kings 3:21

The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”

1 Kings 3:22

“No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.

1 Kings 3:23

Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”

1 Kings 3:24

The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,

1 Kings 3:25

and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

1 Kings 3:26

Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”

1 Kings 3:27

Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”

1 Kings 3:28

When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

1 Kings 4:29

And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Kings 4:31

He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

1 Kings 4:32

Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

1 Kings 4:33

He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

1 Kings 4:34

So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

Ezra 4:15

that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.

Ezra 4:19

I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.

Ezra 5:17

Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

Ezra 6:1

Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.