It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
The 1611 reading
It is the glory of God to conceale a thing: but the honour of Kings is to search out a matter.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To seek carefully, examine, explore, or inquire in order to find or know. Sense 2: A careful examination or inquiry made to find or know.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Leviticus 27:33
Complete exact-word concordance
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
It is the glory of God to conceale a thing: but the honour of Kings is to search out a matter.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
It is not good to eat much hony: so for men to search their owne glory, is not glory.
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