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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 25, Verse 2

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1
These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
King James Version
[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.
American Standard Version
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
New English Translation
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.
World English Bible
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
3
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.
4
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
5
Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
6
Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men]:
7
For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
8
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
9
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to another:
10
Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
11
A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12
[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.