Proverbs 6:23

Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

In Context

22When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.

24That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, but reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.

Psalms 141:5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.

Proverbs 4:4And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

Proverbs 5:12Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,

Proverbs 15:31The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35

Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →

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