1 Corinthians 2:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

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  • Prov 20:27 : 27 ¶ The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
  • Rom 11:33-34 : 33 ¶ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
  • 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
  • Prov 14:10 : 10 ¶ The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
  • Prov 20:5 : 5 ¶ Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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    9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

    10 But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

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    12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

    13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

    14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

    15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

    16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

    3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

  • 2 For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth [him]; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

  • 8 But [there is] a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

  • 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

  • 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

  • 16 ¶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

  • 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

  • Rom 11:33-34
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    33 ¶ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

    34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

  • 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?

  • 27 ‹All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and› [he] ‹to whomsoever the Son will reveal› [him].

  • 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

  • 12 For as the woman [is] of the man, even so [is] the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

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    26 ¶ Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

    27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.

  • 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  • 11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

  • 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

  • 5 As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

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    20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

    21 ¶ Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

  • 27 ¶ The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

  • 19 ¶ Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed [it] unto them.

  • 17 [Even] ‹the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.›

  • 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

  • 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • 16 ¶ Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more.

  • 22 ‹All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and› [he] ‹to whom the Son will reveal› [him].

  • 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.

  • 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

  • 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

  • 6 ‹That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.›

  • 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

  • 3 Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

  • 8 ‹The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.›

  • 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

  • 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.

  • 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

  • 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

  • 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

  • 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

  • 2 ¶ All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.