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.

Proverbs 20:27 Cross References

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.

Job 32:8

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

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.

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

Proverbs 20:30

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

Proverbs 20:28

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