Proverbs 20:27

Easy To Read Version

A person's spirit is like a lamp to the Lord. The Lord is able to see into the deepest parts of a person. {\cf2\super [29]}

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and made a man. [9] The Lord breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living thing.

Job 32:8

But God’s Spirit makes a person wise.\par That ‘breath’ from God All-Powerful\par makes people understand.\par

Proverbs 20:28

If a king is loyal and true, then he will keep his power. His true love will keep his kingdom strong.

Romans 2:15

They show that in their hearts they know what is right and wrong, the same as the law commands. And those people also show this by the way they feel about right and wrong. Sometimes their thoughts tell them that they did wrong, and this makes them guilty. And sometimes their thoughts tell them that they did right, and this makes them not guilty.)

1 Corinthians 2:11

It is like this: No person knows the thoughts that another person has. Only that person’s spirit that lives inside him knows those thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows the thoughts of God. Only the Spirit of God knows those thoughts.