Pro 20:27-30 | JFB | STEP | 27. The spirit ... Lord-- Men's minds are God's gifts, and thus able to search one another (compare ; , ; ).

‏ Proverbs 20:27-30

27. The spirit ... Lord--Men's minds are God's gifts, and thus able to search one another (compare Pr 20:5; Pr 18:8, 17; 1Co 2:11).

28. (Compare Pr 3:3; 16:6, 12).

29. The glory of young men ... the beauty of old men--Each age has its peculiar excellence (Pr 16:31).

30. blueness--literally, "joining," the process of uniting the edges of a wound throws off purulent matter.

stripes ... belly--So punishment provides healing of soul (Pr 18:8), by deterring from evil courses.