Proverbs 20:27
A lamp of the Lord is the soul of man, searching all the inner chambers of the body.
Leeser Tanakh
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 turneth over them the threshing-wheel.
28Kindness and truth will watch over a king, and he will prop up through kindness his throne.
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Proverbs 20:30The bruises of a wound are cleansing means for the bad, and stripes [will reach] the inner chambers of the body.
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 →