Proverbs 20:27
The breath of man [is] a lamp of YHWH, || Searching all the inner parts of the heart.
Literal Standard 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 is scattering the wicked, || And turns the wheel back on them.
28Kindness and truth keep a king, || And he has supported his throne by kindness.
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And YHWH God forms the man—dust from the ground, and breathes into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becomes a living creature.
Proverbs 20:30Blows that wound cleanse away evil, || Also the scourges of the inner parts of the heart!
1 Corinthians 2:11for who of men has known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? So also the things of God no one has known, except the Spirit of God.
Hebrews 4:12for the Word of God is living, and working, and sharper—beyond every two-edged sword—and piercing as far as [the] division of soul and spirit, of joints and also marrows, and a discerner of 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 →