1 Corinthians 2:11

A Conservative Version

For what man knows the things of the man, except the spirit of the man in him? And so nobody knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:27

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

1 Corinthians 2:10

But God disclosed it to us through his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.

Proverbs 20:5

Purpose in the heart of man is deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Job 15:8

Have thou heard the secret counsel of God? And do thou limit wisdom to thyself?

1 Corinthians 12:8

For to one, the word of wisdom is given through the Spirit, and to another, the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,