Proverbs 6:23

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Berean Standard Bible

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 you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.

Psalms 119:98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

Psalms 141:5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

Proverbs 4:4he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

Proverbs 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 15:31He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among 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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