The Bible — notes and cross-references in Proverbs | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 20

20:1^a Wine

Gen. 9:21; Prov. 23:29-30; Eph. 5:18
20:4^a sluggard

Matt. 25:26
20:10^a Differing

Prov. 11:1; 20:23
20:12^a ear

Exo. 4:11; Psa. 94:9
20:13^a sleep

Prov. 6:9; Rom. 12:11
20:16^a Take

Prov. 27:13
20:19^a He

Prov. 11:13
20:20^a curses

Exo. 21:17; Lev. 20:9; Matt. 15:4; Mark 7:10
20:22^a not

Matt. 5:39
20:23^a Differing

Prov. 20:10
20:24^a steps

Psa. 37:23; Jer. 10:23
20:27^1a spirit

Rom. 8:16; 1 Cor. 2:11; 1 Thes. 5:23; Heb. 4:12

Heb. neshamah; translated breath in Gen. 2:7 (see note Gen. 2:7^5b) and Job 32:8 (see notes there).
20:27² lamp

Man’s spirit is God’s lamp within man. The light shining within man’s regenerated spirit is God Himself (1 John 1:5). Just as a lamp contains light and expresses it, man’s spirit was created to contain God and express Him. In order for the divine light to shine into man’s inward parts, God’s Spirit as the oil must soak (mingle with) man’s spirit as the wick (cf. Rom. 8:16) and “burn” together with man’s spirit (Rom. 12:11).