Proverbs 20:27
The neshamah of adam is the ner (light) of Hashem, 1 searching all the innermost beten. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 melech chacham winnows out the resha'im 1 and bringeth the ofan (threshing wheel) over them. 1
28Chesed and emes guard the Melech, 1 and his kisse is upheld by chesed. 1
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And Hashem Elohim formed the adam of the aphar min haadamah, and breathed into his nostrils the nishmat chayyim; and the adam became a nefesh chayyah.
Proverbs 20:30Blows that wound cleanseth away rah; 1 so do beatings the innermost beten.
1 Corinthians 2:11For who of Bnei Adam has da'as of the things of Bnei Adam except the ruach of a man in him? So also the things of G-d no one has known except the Ruach Hashem. + 2:11 Jer 17:9; Prov 20:27
Hebrews 4:12For the Dvar Hashem is chai (living) and chazak (strong), sharper than every double-edged cherev and penetrating as far as the division of nefesh and ruach, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the machshavot and deliberations of the kavanat halev (the inner directedness 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 →