Proverbs 20:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁷ The Lord’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life, searching the 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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 2:7

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

Job 32:8

But it is the spirit in a person – the breath  from the Almighty – that gives anyone understanding.

Proverbs 20:28

Loyalty and faithfulness guard a king; through loyalty he maintains his throne.

Proverbs 20:30

Lashes and wounds purge away evil, and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.

Romans 2:15

They show that the work of the law  is written on their hearts.  Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them

1 Corinthians 2:11

For who knows a person’s thoughts  except his spirit  within him? In the same way, no one knows  the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.