Proverbs 20:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The spirit of man is the candleh of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. ”

• Proverbs 20:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The spirit of man - The “breath” of Genesis 2:7 , the higher life, above that which he has in common with lower animals, coming to him direct from God. Such a life, with all its powers of insigh...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The (i) spirit of man [is] the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. (i) The word of God gives life to man and causes us to see and try the secret of our dark hearts, ( Hebr...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thou...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  spirit . breath. Hebrew. neshamah. See App-16. candle . lamp or light. Same word as in Proverbs 20:20 . the belly. Put by Figure of speech Metalepsis (App-6) for the heart, and the heart f...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord - God has given to every man a mind, which he so enlightens by...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The spirit of man.— The soul of man is as a burning lamp, which God hath kindled in the midst of us, which enlightens us, and discovers to us all that passes; it is that breath of life which the Lo...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord - a candle or lamp lit by the Lord; a light divinely give...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. — The spirit of man, breathed into him at first by the Creator ( Genesis 2:7 ), and afterwards quickened and illumined by the Divine Spirit, is the “can...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimps...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “The Glory of Young Men” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27 ! We stand like a row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine Nature e...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14 . "It is bad, it is bad," is the d...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. The spirit of man is the candle of the...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The spirit of man [is] the candle of the Lord ,.... The rational soul of man is a light set up in him; this is what is commonly called the light of nature; it was a bright and burning light at first...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. Ver. 27. The spirit of a man is the candle of the Lord. ] Some read it, The breath of a man, that is,...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The spirit of a man That is, the rational soul; is the candle, &c. Is a clear and glorious light, set up in man for his information and direction. It is said to be the candle of the Lord , b...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        27 The spirit of man is the candle of the L ORD , searching all the inward parts of the belly.       We have here the dignity of the soul, the great soul of man, that light which lightet...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The spirit, i.e. the reasonable soul. Is the candle; is a clear and glorious light set up in man for his information and direction. Of the Lord; so called, partly because it comes from God in a...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:27 THE CANDLE OF THE LORD We understand by the spirit of a man the self-conscious ego —that which takes cognizance of the inner life, and which reasons and passe...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Proverbs 20:27 God is the fire of this world, its vital principle, a warm pervading presence everywhere. Of this fire the spirit of man is the candle. What does that mean? If, because man is of a...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1-2 . Cyrus, afte...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its infl...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 27. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, the spiritual and moral powers of man, under the direction of Jehovah, penetrate into his innermost being, searching all the inward parts of the...

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 2:11 ; 1 John 3:19-21 ; 2 Corinthians 4:2-6 ; Genesis 2:7 ; Hebrews 4:12 ; Hebrews 4:13 ; Job 32:8 ; Proverbs 20:20 ; Proverbs 20:30 ; Romans 2:15

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• Proverbs 20:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The spirit — The reasonable soul. The candle — Is a clear and glorious light set up in man for his information and direction. Of the Lord — So called because it comes from God in a more immediate m...

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