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 Bible (Challoner, 1752)

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 141:5I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.

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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