Proverbs 25:3

American Standard Version (1901)

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 4:29 : 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.
  • Isa 7:11 : 11 Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
  • Isa 55:9 : 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Rom 8:39 : 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

  • Eccl 7:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24 That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

    25 I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

  • Job 11:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?

    9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

  • 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

  • Job 22:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

    12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

  • 5 Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

  • 21 Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

    2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

  • 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that thou mayest know the thoughts of thy heart.

  • 5 How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.

  • 3 Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.

  • 6 They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

  • 15 Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

  • Job 28:12-14
    3 verses
    70%

    12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

    13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

    14 The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

  • 6 [ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

  • 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them] .

  • 9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:

  • 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

  • 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  • 4 Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

  • 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

    10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

  • Job 28:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23 God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.

    24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;

  • 11 Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!

  • 17 then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  • 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

  • 3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

  • 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.

  • 13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

  • 1 [A Song of Ascents; of David]. Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.

  • 10 But unto us God revealed [them] through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

  • 14 Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

  • 15 He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That considereth all their works.

  • 6 That humbleth himself to behold [The things that are] in heaven and in the earth?

  • 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

  • 22 he revealeth the deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

  • 6 Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, that hath he done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

  • 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.

  • 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • 11 He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

  • 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

  • 19 Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.