Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter. Machinery boxed in goes round and accomplishes its work as well as if it were all exposed to view. At one extremity the raw material goes in, and at another the manufactured article comes out. This is all that the visitor sees. For once, and to instruct a stranger, the master may take the covering off, and lay bare the intricate accumulation of cylinders and wheels; but soon he shuts the door again. Thus has the Author of salvation in the case of some opened up in the processes of His providence, which are usually conducted in secret. (W. Arnot, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.WEB: It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. |
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