Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
28Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Proverbs 20:30The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more in- ward parts of the belly.
1 Corinthians 2:11For what man knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of a man that is in him? So the things also that are of God no man knoweth, but the Spirit of God.
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and effectual, and more piercing than any two edged sword; and reaching unto the division of the soul and the spirit, of the joints also and the marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents 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 →