Proverbs 25:2 Cross References - Darby

² It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing.

²⁹ The hidden things belong to Jehovah our God; but the revealed ones are ours and our children`s for ever, to do all the words of this law.

⁹ Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people? ¹⁰ And the word pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. ¹¹ And God said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand judgment; ¹² behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there hath been none like unto thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. ¹³ And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and glory; so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. ¹⁴ And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will prolong thy days. ¹⁵ And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. ¹⁶ Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him. ¹⁷ And the first woman said, Ah, my lord! I and this woman abode in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. ¹⁸ And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; no stranger was with us in the house, only we two were in the house. ¹⁹ And this woman`s child died in the night; because she had lain upon it. ²⁰ And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. ²¹ And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; and I considered it in the morning, and behold, it was not my son, whom I bore. ²² And the other woman said, No, for the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this one said, No, but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king. ²³ Then said the king, The one says, This that is living is my son, and thy son is the dead; and the other says, No, for thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. ²⁴ And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. ²⁵ And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. ²⁶ Then spoke the woman whose was the living child to the king, for her bowels yearned over her son, and she said, Ah, my lord! give her the living child, and in no wise put it to death. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine; divide it. ²⁷ And the king answered and said, Give this one the living child, and in no wise put it to death: she is its mother. ²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

²⁹ And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. ³⁰ And Solomon`s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt. ³¹ For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about. ³² And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five. ³³ And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes. ³⁴ And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

¹⁵ that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed.

¹⁹ And I gave orders, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city of old time has made insurrection against the kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been raised therein.

¹⁷ And now, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king`s treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that orders were given by king Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

⁷ Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? ⁸ [It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

¹⁶ I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

⁴ Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. ⁵ Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it? ⁶ Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone, ⁷ When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? ⁸ And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb? ⁹ When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it; ¹⁰ When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors, ¹¹ And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? ¹² Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place, ¹³ That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it? ¹⁴ It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment: ¹⁵ And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken. ¹⁶ Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? ¹⁷ Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? ¹⁸ Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all. ¹⁹ Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place, ²⁰ That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house? ²¹ Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! ²² Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, ²³ Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war? ²⁴ By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth? ²⁵ Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder`s flash; ²⁶ To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man; ²⁷ To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth? ²⁸ Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew? ²⁹ Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth? ³⁰ When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

⁴ Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them. ⁵ Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager, ⁶ Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings? ⁷ He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver; ⁸ The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. ⁹ Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib? ¹⁰ Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? ¹¹ Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him? ¹² Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor? ¹³ The wing of the ostrich beats joyously -- But is it the stork`s pinion and plumage? ¹⁴ For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, ¹⁵ And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them. ¹⁶ She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern. ¹⁷ For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding. ¹⁸ What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. ¹⁹ Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? ²⁰ Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible. ²¹ He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host. ²² He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword. ²³ The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin. ²⁴ He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet: ²⁵ At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. ²⁶ Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south? ²⁷ Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high? ²⁸ He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness: ²⁹ From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance; ³⁰ And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.

² Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.

³ Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

³³ O depth of riches both of [the] wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable his judgments, and untraceable his ways! ³⁴ For who has known [the] mind of [the] Lord, or who has been his counsellor?