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Verse Proverbs 25:2. It is _THE GLORY OF GOD TO CONCEAL A THING_]
This has been understood as referring to the revelation of God's will
in his word, where there are many things concealed in _parables...
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The earthly monarch might be, in some respects, the type of the
heavenly, but here there is a marked contrast. The king presses
further and further into all knowledge; God surrounds Himself as in
“thi...
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IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH
CHAPTER 25
Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the
guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...
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FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance
to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and
synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets.
PROVERBS...
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GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. Compare Job 37:14. Job 37:38-41.
HONOUR. glory, as in preceding line....
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_conceal … search out_ "To God it brings glory and admiration, that
in governing the universe He follows out His own, and that a secret,
counsel. To kings it is a source of glory to search out by thei...
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TO CONCEAL A THING— That is, according to Grotius, _His purposes and
nature;_ whereas it is the honour of a king to examine into and make
himself acquainted with the state, actions, and designs of his...
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CHAPTER 25
TEXT Proverbs 25:1-10
1.
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
2.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing;
But the glory of kings i...
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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is
to search out a matter.
(IT IS) THE GLORY OF GOD TO CONCEAL A THING - to conceal His profound
counsels and decrees wherewith He...
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COURTS. QUARRELS
1-7. relate to kings and courts....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 25
MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS)
(PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)
V1 Here are more of Solomon’s proverbs (wise words). The officia...
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IT IS THE GLORY OF GOD TO CONCEAL A THING. — For the more we search
into the mysteries of nature or revelation, the more do we discover
depths of which we had no idea before. God has so ordered things...
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כְּבֹ֣ד אֱ֭לֹהִים הַסְתֵּ֣ר דָּבָ֑ר
וּ כְבֹ֥ד מְ֝לָכִ֗ים חֲקֹ֣ר דָּבָֽר׃...
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CHAPTER 26
THE KING
"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is
to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth,
and the heart of kings is unsearchabl...
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WORDS FITLY SPOKEN
Proverbs 25:1-14
This collection of proverbs was made. 250years after the time of
Solomon by the scribes of King Hezekiah. The glory of God is too great
to be disclosed to the vul...
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We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon.
These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous
collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...
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[It is] the glory of God to (c) conceal a thing: but the honour of (d)
kings [is] to search out a matter.
(c) God does not reveal the cause of his judgments to man.
(d) Because the king rules by the...
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_Speech. The Scriptures will denounce the truth to them, and shew them
how to reign with justice. We must adore the mysteries of God; but are
allowed to examine the secret designs of princes._...
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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is
to search out a matter.
God's glory is manifested to the poor sinner in secret, when he speaks
to him by his Holy Spirit, and mak...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
follow...
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[IT IS] THE GLORY OF GOD TO CONCEAL A THING,.... Secret things belong
unto him, and they are kept so by him: many things which he does
reveal, yet the "modus" or manner of them remains hidden; as what...
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Proverbs 25:2 _[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the
honour of kings [is] to search out a matter._
Ver. 2. _It is the glory of God to conceal a thing._] That what we
conceive not,...
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_It is the glory of God to conceal a thing_ It is agreeable to the
nature of God, and highly conducing to his honour, as being a
testimony of his infinite wisdom and knowledge, of his absolute power
a...
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TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the
basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to
recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...
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IT IS THE GLORY OF GOD; it is agreeable to the nature and highly
conducing to the honour of God, because it is a testimony of his
infinite wisdom and knowledge, of his absolute power and sovereignty,...
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Proverbs 25:2 glory H3519 God H430 conceal H5641 (H8687) matter H1697
glory H3519 kings H4428 out H2713 (H8800) matter H1697
the glory - Deuteronomy 29:29; Job 11:7-8, Job 38:4-41,...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah.
CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The
way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly tow...
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Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a
thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...
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_It is the glory of God to conceal a thing._
THE GLORY OF GOD IN CONCEALING
If God were to conceal everything from our view, it would be
impossible that any glory could result to Him from the sentim...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic
Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of Proverbs 1:1 came into
existence, at earliest, in the reign of Hezekiah (reigned 715–686...
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With this chapter begins the fourth main division of this book,
consisting, as its introductory words inform us, of sayings and
perhaps writings of Solomon, which were placed together in their
present...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-29:27
PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by
"the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest
blessing to the king and his subjects...
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Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he
became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by
Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a
per...
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1 Kings 3:9; 1 Kings 4:29; Deuteronomy 29:29; Ezra 4:15; Ezra 4:19;
Ezra 5:17; Ezra 6:1; Job 11:7; Job 11:8; Job 29:16;...
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The glory — It is agreeable to the nature of God; it is a testimony
of his infinite wisdom, and of his absolute power and sovereignty. To
conceal — To keep his counsels, and the reasons of his actions...