Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Proverbs 25:3
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.)
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.)
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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
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....
שָׁמַ֣יִם לָ֭ † רוּם וָ אָ֣רֶץ לָ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Unsearchable. Their counsellors must not betray their secrets, Tobias xii. 7. The greatest enterprises depend on secrecy._...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_The heaven for height_, &c. As no man upon earth can exactly discover the height of heaven, or the depth of earth, or discern what is contained in them; so, _the heart of kings is unsearchable_ Thoug...
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...
TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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, -...
UNSEARCHABLE: _ Heb._ there is no searching...
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...
Proverbs 25:3 heavens H8064 height H7312 earth H776 depth H6011 heart H3820 kings H4428 unsearchable H2714 heaven -...
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...
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 4:29; 1 Peter 1:7; Isaiah 55:9; Isaiah 7:11; Psalms 103:11;...
The heart — Though wise kings will search out other men, yet their inward thoughts and purposes are hardly discoverable....