Proverbs 20:27

New Century Version

The Lord looks deep inside people and searches through their thoughts.

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living person.

Job 32:8

But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives understanding.

Proverbs 20:28

Loyalty and truth keep a king in power; he continues to rule if he is loyal.

Proverbs 20:30

Hard punishment will get rid of evil, and whippings can change an evil heart.

Romans 2:15

They show that in their hearts they know what is right and wrong, just as the law commands. And they show this by their consciences. Sometimes their thoughts tell them they did wrong, and sometimes their thoughts tell them they did right.)

1 Corinthians 2:11

Who knows the thoughts that another person has? Only a person’s spirit that lives within him knows his thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.