Proverbs 20:27

World English Bible (2000)

The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 2:11 : 11 For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God's Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 4:2-6 : 2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish; 4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. 5 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake; 6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
  • Prov 20:30 : 30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
  • Rom 2:15 : 15 in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • Job 32:8 : 8 But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
  • 1 John 3:19-21 : 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, 20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

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    8 But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

  • Prov 16:1-2
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    1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

    2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

  • Prov 20:5
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    5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

  • Prov 18:14
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    14 A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

  • Prov 21:1-2
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    1 The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

    2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

  • Jer 17:10
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    10 I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

  • Eccl 3:21
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    21 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"

  • 1 Cor 2:10-11
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    10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

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  • Prov 20:24
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    24 A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

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    28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

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    11 Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

  • Prov 19:21
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    21 There are many plans in a man's heart, but Yahweh's counsel will prevail.

  • Ps 18:28
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    28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20 for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

  • Luke 11:36
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    36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

  • Job 34:21
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    21 "For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.

  • Job 38:36
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    36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

  • Job 18:6
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    6 The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.

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    26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

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    9 A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

  • Ps 139:23
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    23 Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

  • Zech 12:1
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    1 An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

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    3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

  • Job 29:3
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    3 when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

  • Ps 51:6
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    6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

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    10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

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    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • 2 Sam 22:29
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    29 For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.

  • Jer 10:23
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    23 Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

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    3 As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

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    22 he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

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    9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

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    14 If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,

  • Luke 8:16
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    16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

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    19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

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    7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

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    21 won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

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    2 Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

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    3 Yahweh's eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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    31 He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;

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    11 Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh-- how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

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    21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

  • Mark 7:20
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    20 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

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    27 He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

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    26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.