1 Corinthians 2:11
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.
Cross-reference
In 1 Corinthians 2:10, the Spirit reveals the deep things of God — showing that while only the Spirit knows God's thoughts, He shares them with us.
Proverbs 14:10 says only one's heart knows its own bitterness—illustrating the same principle that only one's spirit knows inner thoughts.
Proverbs 20:27 says the spirit of man is the Lord’s lamp searching innermost parts—directly mirroring the spirit’s knowledge of a person’s thoughts.
Romans 11:34 asks who has known the mind of the Lord — directly paralleling the claim here that only the Spirit knows God's thoughts.
Jeremiah 17:9 asks who can understand the deceitful heart—highlighting the hiddenness of the inner self, similar to the spirit’s exclusive knowledge here.
Romans 11:33 celebrates God's unsearchable judgments — reinforcing that only God's Spirit can know His thoughts, as stated here.