Proverbs 20:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁷ The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.

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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 of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Job 32:8

But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.

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; strokes make clean the innermost parts.

Romans 2:15

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

1 Corinthians 2:11

For what person knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.