Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of man is the lamp of LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
In Context
26A wise king winnows the wicked, and brings the wheel over them.
28Kindness and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by kindness.
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Proverbs 20:30Stripes that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes, the innermost parts.
1 Corinthians 2:11For 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.
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living, and potent, and sharper, above every two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division both of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and discernible of the thoughts and intentions of the hear
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:27
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. See here, 1. What is the business of magistrates. They are to be a terror to evil-doers. They must scatter the wicked, who are linked in confederacies to assist and embolden one another in doing mischief; and there is no doing this but by bringing the wheel over them, that is, putting the laws in execution against them, crushing their power and quashing their projects. Severity must sometimes be used to rid the country of those that are openly… Read the whole commentary →