Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
The honour
Bible References
The glory
Deuteronomy 29:29
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.
Job 11:7
Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job 40:2
Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.
Job 42:3
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.
Romans 11:33
O depth of riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable his judgments, and untraceable his ways!
The honour
1 Kings 3:9
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?
1 Kings 4:29
And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
Ezra 4:15
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.
Ezra 5:17
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.
Ezra 6:1
Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;