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Verse Proverbs 25:3. _THE HEAVEN FOR HEIGHT_] The simple meaning of
this is, the _reasons of state_, in reference to many acts of the
_executive_ _government_, can no more be fathomed by the _common
p...
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The other side of the thought of Proverbs 25:2. What the mind of God
is to the searchers after knowledge, that the heart of the true and
wise king is to those who try to guess its counsels....
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IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH
CHAPTER 25
Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the
guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...
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FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance
to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and
synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets.
PROVERBS...
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Besides his glory in contrast, the king has a glory in resemblance to
Almighty God, whose vicegerent he is. He too has something to conceal....
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THE HEAVEN FOR HEIGHT— "It is almost as impossible for the
generality of minds to penetrate into the secrets of state, and
understand the counsels and designs of intelligent princes, and the
various w...
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CHAPTER 25
TEXT Proverbs 25:1-10
1.
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
2.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing;
But the glory of kings i...
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The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of
kings is unsearchable.
THE HEAVEN FOR HEIGHT ... AND THE HEART OF KINGS IS UNSEARCHABLE. As
the height of heaven, and the depth of t...
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COURTS. QUARRELS
1-7. relate to kings and courts....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 25
MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS)
(PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
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We cannot see all the stars, because the sky is too high. And we
cannot know a king’s emotions or secret thoughts. In public, the
king might seem bold. But in private, he might be afraid....
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THE HEART OF KINGS IS UNSEARCHABLE. — A warning, it may be, against
presuming upon the favour of a king from thinking that one knows all
that is in his mind. (Comp. Proverbs 23:1.)...
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שָׁמַ֣יִם לָ֭ † רוּם וָ אָ֣רֶץ לָ...
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CHAPTER 26
THE KING
"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is
to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth,
and the heart of kings is unsearchable...
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WORDS FITLY SPOKEN
Proverbs 25:1-14
This collection of proverbs was made. 250years after the time of
Solomon by the scribes of King Hezekiah. The glory of God is too great
to be disclosed to the vulg...
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We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon.
These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous
collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...
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The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of (e)
kings [is] unsearchable.
(e) He shows that it is too hard for man to attain the reason of all
the secret doings of the king, even...
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_Unsearchable. Their counsellors must not betray their secrets, Tobias
xii. 7. The greatest enterprises depend on secrecy._...
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The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings
is unsearchable. Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall
come forth a vessel for the finer. Take away the wicked fro...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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THE HEAVEN FOR HEIGHT, AND THE EARTH FOR DEPTH,.... These are eminent
for what are ascribed to them; nothing is higher than the heavens, nor
anything deeper than the earth; the height of the heavens c...
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The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings
[is] unsearchable.
Ver. 3. _The heaven for height, &c._] It is a wonder that we can look
up to so admirable a height, and that t...
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The heaven for height, for it extends to immeasurable distances, AND
THE EARTH FOR DEPTH, since its abysses are unbelievably deep, AND THE
HEART OF KINGS IS UNSEARCHABLE, their intentions cannot be fi...
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TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the
basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to
recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...
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UNSEARCHABLE:
_ Heb._ there is no searching...
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THE HEAVEN FOR HEIGHT, AND THE EARTH FOR DEPTH; as no man upon earth
can exactly discover the height of heaven, or the depth of earth, or
discern what is contained in them. THE HEART OF KINGS IS UNSEA...
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Proverbs 25:3 heavens H8064 height H7312 earth H776 depth H6011 heart
H3820 kings H4428 unsearchable H2714
heaven -...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah.
CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The
way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly towa...
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Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a
thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic
Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:2 GOD is greater than human beings. He
deserves fame, or GLORY, because he knows things mere humans cannot
know ...
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With this chapter begins the fourth main division of this book,
consisting, as its introductory words inform us, of sayings and
perhaps writings of Solomon, which were placed together in their
present...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-29:27
PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by
"the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest
blessing to the king and his subjects...
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Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he
became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by
Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a
per...
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1 Kings 4:29; 1 Peter 1:7; Isaiah 55:9; Isaiah 7:11; Psalms 103:11;...
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The heart — Though wise kings will search out other men, yet their
inward thoughts and purposes are hardly discoverable....