Proverbs 25

Treated in 3 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. 1
  • 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 1
  • 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VIII. Nothing can certainly be determined concerning the nature of the affections, by this, that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order cites Prov. 25:2

    …know not the works of God, that worketh all. "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing" (Prov. 25:2), and to have "his path as it were in the mighty waters, that his footsteps may not be kn…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.9 The Ninth Commandment cites Prov 25: 18

    …on says, ‘A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is a maul and a sword.’ Prov 25: 18. In his face he is hardened like a hammer: he cannot blush, he cares not what lie he witn…

  3. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    III. It is no sign that affections are truly gracious affections, or that they are not, that they cause those who have them to be fluent, fervent, and abundant, in talking of the things of religion cites Prov. 25:24

    … represent a great show of religion with the mouth, without answerable fruit in the life: Prov. 25:24, "Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift, is like clouds and wind without rain." And the …