Proverbs 25:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Kgs 4:29 : 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart, like the sand on the seashore.
  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.
  • Isa 7:11 : 11 Ask for a sign from the LORD your 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 created thing, 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 trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

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

  • Eccl 7:24-25
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    74%

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

    25I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.

  • Job 11:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8It is as high as heaven; what can you do? Deeper than the grave; what can you know?

    9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • 33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!

  • Job 22:11-12
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    71%

    11Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.

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

  • 5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

  • 21Shall not God search this out? for He knows the secrets of the heart.

  • Prov 21:1-2
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    71%

    1The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • 30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes who shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that you might understand the thoughts of your heart.

  • 5O LORD, how great are your works! And your thoughts are very deep.

  • 3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

  • 6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search; the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

  • 15Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?

  • Job 28:12-14
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    70%

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

    13Man does not know its value; nor is it found in the land of the living.

    14The depth says, 'It is not in me'; and the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

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

  • 4For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

  • 9Who does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:

  • 3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.

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

  • 4Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for the refiner will appear.

  • 36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the heart?

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

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

    10I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.

  • Job 28:23-24
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    23God understands its way, and he knows its place.

    24For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees under the whole heaven,

  • 11Hell and destruction are before the LORD; how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men?

  • 17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • 14With kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves;

  • 3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

  • 26Behold, God is great, and we do not know him, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

  • 13And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

  • 1Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes arrogant: neither do I concern myself with great matters, or with things too high for me.

  • 10But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

  • 14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the LORD your God, the earth also, with all that is in it.

  • 15He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works.

  • 6Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and on the earth!

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

  • 22He reveals deep and secret things: he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

  • 6Whatever the LORD pleased, that he did in heaven, and on earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

  • 5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power: his understanding is infinite.

  • 33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • 11He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.

  • 24Can anyone hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.

  • 19The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding he has established the heavens.