Proverbs 20:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord, searching every inmost part.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, Searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ The spirit of man [that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God] is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. [I Cor. 2:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.

Common English Bible

²⁷ The breath of a person is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inmost parts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.

Proverbs 20:27 Cross References

Genesis 2:7

then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Job 32:8

But truly it is the spirit in a mortal, the breath of the Almighty that makes for understanding.

Proverbs 20:28

Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:30

Blows that wound cleanse away evil; beatings make clean the innermost parts.

Romans 2:15

They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, as their own conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them

1 Corinthians 2:11

For what human knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God.