Proverbs 20:27
The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
Bible in Basic English
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 puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.
28Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
Proverbs 20:30By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.
1 Corinthians 2:11For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
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 →