Proverbs 25:2 Cross References - Leeser

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

^{29 (29:28)} The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are publicly known belong unto us and to our children for ever, to do all the words of this law.

⁹ Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who would otherwise be able to judge this thy great people? ¹⁰ And the speech was pleasing in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. ¹¹ And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; and hast not asked for thyself riches, nor hast asked the life of thy enemies; but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand how to give judgment: ¹² Behold, I have done according to thy word; lo, I have given thee a wise and a discerning heart; so that like unto thee there was none before thee, nor after thee shall any one arise like unto thee. ¹³ And also what thou hast not asked have I given thee, both riches and honor: so that like unto thee there shall not have been any one among the kings 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 will I lengthen thy days. ¹⁵ And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream; and he went to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt-offerings, and prepared peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. ¹⁶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and placed themselves before him. ¹⁷ And the one woman said, Pardon, my Lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. ¹⁸ And it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, that also this woman was delivered: and we were together, there was no stranger with us in the house, only we two were in the house. ¹⁹ And this woman’s son died in the night; because she had overlaid him. ²⁰ And she arose in the midst of the night, and took my son from beside me, while thy hand-maid slept, and laid him in her bosom, and her dead son she laid in my bosom. ²¹ And when I rose in the morning to give my son suck, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I had born. ²² And the other woman said, It is not so; my son is the living one, and thy son is the dead; and this one said, It is not so; thy son is the dead, and my son is the living: thus they spoke before the king. ²³ Then said the king, This one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is dead: and the other saith, It is not so; thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. ²⁴ And the king said, Fetch me a sword: and they brought the sword before the king. ²⁵ And the king said, Hew the living child in two, and give the one half to one, and the other half to the other. ²⁶ Then spoke the woman whose son was the living unto the king, for her love had become enkindled for her son, and she said, O pardon, my Lord, give her the living child, and only do not slay it; but the other said, Neither mine nor thine shall it be, hew it asunder. ²⁷ The king then answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not slay it: she is its mother. ²⁸ And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.

^{29 (5:9)} And God gave unto Solomon wisdom and understanding exceedingly much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. ^{30 (5:10)} And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. ^{31 (5:11)} And he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrachite, and Heman, and Kalkol, and Darda’, the sons of Machol: and his name was spread among all the nations round about. ^{32 (5:12)} And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five. ^{33 (5:13)} And he spoke concerning the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on the Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spoke also concerning the beasts, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes. ^{34 (5:14)} And men came from all the people 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 memorable events of thy fathers, and thou wilt find in the book of the memorable events, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have practised sedition within the same from the most ancient time; for which cause this city was destroyed.

¹⁹ And an order was given by me, and search was made, and it was found that this city from the most ancient time hath lifted itself up against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been practised 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 an order was given by king Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send to us his pleasure concerning this matter.

⁷ Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find the way unto the utmost limit of the Almighty? ⁸ It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know?

¹⁶ A father was I to the needy; and the cause of him I knew not I used to investigate.

⁴ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell it, if thou hast any understanding of it. ⁵ Who fixed her measurements, if thou knowest it? or who stretched the measuring-line over her? ⁶ Upon what are her foundation-pillars placed at rest? or who laid her corner-stone: ⁷ When altogether sang the morning stars in gladness, and shouted for joy all the sons of God? ⁸ And who closed up with doors the sea, when, issuing forth, it came out of the deep bosom of the earth? ⁹ When I made the clouds its garment, and thick fog its swaddling-cloth, ¹⁰ And when I decreed for it my law, and set for it bars and doors, ¹¹ And said, Thus far mayest thou come, but no farther; and here shall be stayed thy strength in the pride of thy waves? ¹² Didst thou ever, in all thy days, command the morning; didst thou ever assign the morning-dawn its place: ¹³ That it might lay hold of the ends of the earth, so that the wicked might be shaken out therefrom? ¹⁴ She is changed as the sealing-clay: and all things stand as though newly clad. ¹⁵ And from the wicked is their light withdrawn, and the high-raised arm is broken. ¹⁶ Didst thou ever penetrate as far as the springs of the sea? or wander through the bottom of the deep? ¹⁷ Were the gates of death ever laid open unto thee? or canst thou see the doors of the shadow of death? ¹⁸ Hast thou a clear understanding of the breadth of the earth? Tell it, if thou knowest it all. ¹⁹ Where is the way to the spot where the light dwelleth? and the darkness—where is its place, ²⁰ That thou mightest take each to its boundary, and that thou mightest mark the pathways to its house? ²¹ Thou surely knowest it; because thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! ²² Didst thou ever enter into the treasuries of the snow? or canst thou see the treasuries of the hail, ²³ Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of fight and battle? ²⁴ Where is the way to the spot where the light divideth itself, where the east wind is scattered over the earth? ²⁵ Who hath divided off watercourses for the overflowing rain, and a way for the lightning that is followed by thunders, ²⁶ To bring rain on a land, void of men; on a wilderness wherein no son of earth is found; ²⁷ To satisfy waste and desolate lands; and to promote the growth of the tender grass? ²⁸ Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew? ²⁹ Out of whose womb cometh forth the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven—who giveth birth to it? ³⁰ When like a stone the waters are congealed, and the face of the deep is bound in fetters?

⁴ Their little ones become strong; they grow up in the open field; they go forth, and return not unto them. ⁵ Who sent out the wild ass free? or who loosened the bonds of the forest-ass? ⁶ To whom I assigned the wilderness as his house, and the salty land as his dwellings. ⁷ He laugheth at the noise of a town, and the shoutings of the driver he heareth not. ⁸ What he espieth on the mountains is his pasture, and after every green thing doth he search. ⁹ Will the forest-ox be willing to serve thee, or will he stay over night at thy crib? ¹⁰ Canst thou bind the forest-ox with a rope to labor in the furrow? or will he harrow valleys, following after thee? ¹¹ Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave to him thy labor? ¹² Wilt thou confide in him, that he should bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?— ¹³ The wing of the ostrich moveth joyfully: hath she the pinions and plumage of the careful stork? ¹⁴ No, for she intrusteth her eggs to the earth, and letteth them be hatched out on the dust: ¹⁵ And she forgetteth that a foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may stamp them down. ¹⁶ He hath made her callous against her young, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain, but she feeleth no dread; ¹⁷ Because God hath denied her wisdom, and he hath not imparted to her understanding. ¹⁸ At the time she raiseth herself up on high, she laugheth at the horse and his rider. ¹⁹ Dost thou give the horse strength? dost thou clothe his neck with the rolling mane? ²⁰ Canst thou make him jump like a locust? his majestic snort is terrible. ²¹ Men spy about in the valley, and he rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth forth to meet the armed array. ²² He laugheth at fear, and is not dismayed; and turneth not back from before the sword. ²³ Over him rattle the quiver, the glittering spear and the lance. ²⁴ With impatient noise and rage he holloweth with his hoof the ground, and keepeth not quiet when the cornet’s voice is heard. ²⁵ Midst the sound of the cornet he uttereth his joyful neigh; and from afar he perceiveth the battle, the loud call of the captains, and the battle-cry.— ²⁶ Is it through thy understanding that the hawk flieth along, and spreadeth out his wings toward the south? ²⁷ Or is it by your order that the eagle doth mount upward, and buildeth high up his nest? ²⁸ On a rock he dwelleth, and spendeth his nights, on a rocky crag and mountain fastness. ²⁹ From there he espieth his food, from afar can his eyes behold. ³⁰ His young ones, also, sip up blood: and where the slain be, there is he.

² Will he that contendeth with the Almighty yet find fault? him that reproveth God answer this.

³ Who is he that dareth to conceal thy counsel without knowledge? Truly I have spoken of what I understood not, of things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.