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 Yahweh} our God, but the revealed [things] {belong to us} [to know] and to our children {forever}, [in order] to do all the words of this law."
Job 11:7
"Can you find [out] the essence of God, or can you find [out] {the ultimate limits} of Shaddai?
Job 38:4
"Where were you at my laying the foundation of [the] earth? Tell [me], if you possess understanding.
Job 40:2
"Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it."
Job 42:3
'Who [is] this darkening counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I uttered, but I did not understand; {things too wonderful for me}, but I did not know.
Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable [are] his judgments and [how] incomprehensible [are] his ways!
The honour
1 Kings 3:9
Give to your servant a listening heart to judge your people, to discern between good and bad, because who is able to judge this, your difficult people?"
1 Kings 4:29
God gave wisdom to Solomon and very great discernment, as well as {breadth of understanding}, as the sand which is on the edge of the seashore.
Ezra 4:15
so that it may be investigated in the book of records of your ancestors. You will find in the book of records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and they have rebelled in its midst from ancient times. Because of that this city was destroyed.
Ezra 5:17
And now, if it seems good for the king, let it be investigated in the house of the treasury of the king in Babylonia [to see] if a decree was issued forth from King Cyrus to build this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send to us his desire on this matter."
Ezra 6:1
Then King Darius issued forth a decree, and they searched the house of the treasury of scrolls being stored in Babylonia.
Job 29:16
I [was] a father to the poor, and I investigated {the stranger's} legal dispute.