Proverbs 25:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 4:29 : 29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.
  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.
  • Isa 7:11 : 11 “Ask for a confirming sign from the LORD your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.”
  • Isa 55:9 : 9 “for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.
  • Rom 8:39 : 39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold– gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away– and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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    2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

  • Eccl 7:24-25
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    74%

    24Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

    25True Righteousness and Wisdom Are Virtually Nonexistent I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

  • Job 11:8-9
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    8It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know?

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

  • Rom 11:33
    71%

    33Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!

  • Job 22:11-12
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    71%

    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

    12“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

  • Prov 20:5
    71%

    5Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

  • Ps 44:21
    71%

    21would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?

  • Prov 21:1-2
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    1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

  • Dan 2:30
    70%

    30As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom than any other living person, but so that the king may understand the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind.

  • Ps 92:5
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    5How great are your works, O LORD! Your plans are very intricate!

  • Ps 145:3
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    3The LORD is great and certainly worthy of praise! No one can fathom his greatness!

  • Ps 64:6
    70%

    6They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.

  • Isa 29:15
    70%

    15Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

  • Job 28:12-14
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    12No Price Can Buy Wisdom“But wisdom– where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

    13Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

    14The deep says,‘It is not with me.’ And the sea says,‘It is not with me.’

  • Ps 139:6
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    6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.

  • Job 17:4
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    4Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

  • Job 5:9
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    9He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;

  • Prov 17:3
    69%

    3The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.

  • 2 Chr 9:23
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    23All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

  • Prov 25:4
    69%

    4Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;

  • Job 38:36
    69%

    36Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind?

  • Jer 17:9-10
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    9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

    10I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

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

    24For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

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    11Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

  • Job 3:14
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    14with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,

  • Job 42:3
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    3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Job 36:26
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    26The Work and Wisdom of God“Yes, God is great– beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

  • Eccl 1:13
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    13I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.

  • Ps 131:1
    68%

    1A song of ascents, by David. O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me.

  • 1 Cor 2:10
    68%

    10God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

  • Deut 10:14
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    14The heavens– indeed the highest heavens– belong to the LORD your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

  • Ps 33:15
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    15He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions.

  • Ps 113:6
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    6He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

  • Dan 2:11
    68%

    11What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one exists who can disclose it to the king, except for the gods– but they don’t live among mortals!”

  • Dan 2:22
    68%

    22he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides with him.

  • Ps 135:6
    68%

    6He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.

  • Ps 147:5
    68%

    5Our Lord is great and has awesome power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

  • Prov 14:33
    68%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

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    68%

    11God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

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    67%

    24“Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?” the LORD asks.“Do you not know that I am everywhere?” the LORD asks.

  • Prov 3:19
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    19By wisdom the LORD laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.