Proverbs 25:2-5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:2

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, we may admire ( mirari non rimari ), and cry out with Paul, "O the depth," Rom 11:33 as the Romans dedicated to their goddess Victoria a certain lake, the depth whereof they could not dive into. God is much to be magnified for what he hath revealed unto his people in the holy Scriptures for their... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:3

Pro 25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable. Ver. 3. The heaven for height, &c. ] It is a wonder that we can look up to so admirable a height, and that the very eye is not tired in the way. If this ascending line could be drawn right forwards, some that have calculated curiously, have found it five hundred years’ journey to the starry sky. Other mathematicians say, that if a stone should fall from the eighth sphere, and should pass... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:4

Pro 25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Ver. 4. Take away the dross from the silver. ] The holy prophets were not only most exactly seen in the peerless skill of divinity, but most exquisitely also furnished with the entire knowledge of all things natural. Hence their many similies wherewith they learnedly beautify their matter, and deck out their terms, words, and sentences, giving thereunto a certain kind of lively gesture, attiring... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:5

Pro 25:5 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. Ver. 5. Take away the wicked. ] Who are compared elsewhere also to dross, Eze 22:19 and fitly; for as dross is a kind of unprofitable earth, and hath no good metal in it; so in the wicked is no good to be found, but pride, worldliness, &c. Frobisher, in his voyage to discover the Straits, being tossed up and down with foul weather, snows, and unconstant winds, returned home, having... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 25:2

the glory: Deuteronomy 29:29, Job 11:7, Job 11:8, Job 38:4-Mark :, Job 39:1-Amos :, Job 40:2, Job 42:3, Romans 11:33, Romans 11:34 the honour: 1 Kings 3:9-Hosea :, 1 Kings 4:29-Nahum :, Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 5:17, Ezra 6:1, Job 29:16 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 17:4 - inquired 1 Samuel 20:12 - sounded 2 Samuel 1:5 - How knowest Luke 6:27 - Love read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 25:3

heaven: Psalms 103:11, Isaiah 7:11, Isaiah 55:9, Romans 8:39 is unsearchable: Heb. there is no searching, 1 Kings 4:29, 1 Peter 1:7 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 20:12 - sounded Job 11:8 - It is as high as heaven Psalms 15:3 - taketh up Isaiah 55:8 - General Romans 11:33 - the depth read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 25:4

Proverbs 17:3, Isaiah 1:25-Daniel :, Malachi 3:3, 2 Timothy 2:20, 2 Timothy 2:21, 1 Peter 1:7 Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:40 - take away Jeremiah 6:30 - Reprobate silver read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 25:5

away: Proverbs 20:8, 1 Kings 2:33, 1 Kings 2:46, Esther 7:10, Esther 8:11-:, Psalms 101:7, Psalms 101:8 his: Proverbs 16:12, Proverbs 20:28, Proverbs 29:14, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 16:5 Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:40 - take away 1 Samuel 24:1 - it was told 2 Samuel 3:39 - I am 1 Kings 2:45 - the throne Proverbs 14:35 - king's Jeremiah 22:15 - and do read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.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 in his own breast.Search out — To communicate their counsels to others, that so they may search and find out the right way. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 25:3

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.The heart — Though wise kings will search out other men, yet their inward thoughts and purposes are hardly discoverable. read more

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