Proverbs 20:27

New International Version

The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord that sheds light on one’s inmost being.

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Job 32:8

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

Proverbs 20:28

Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.

Proverbs 20:30

Blows and wounds scrub away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.

Romans 2:15

They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)

1 Corinthians 2:11

For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.