Proverbs 6:23
For the instruction is a lamp, and the teaching is a light. The correction that comes from discipline is the way to life.
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24It will protect you from an evil woman and the seductive words of a prostitute.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:17Don't hold onto hateful feelings towards others. Talk honestly with your neighbors, so that you don't sin because of them.
Psalms 119:98Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for I'm always thinking about your instructions.
Psalms 141:5Let a good person punish me in love—let them correct me. It will be like an anointing—I won't refuse it. But I still pray against those who do evil.
Proverbs 4:4he was the one who taught me. He told me, “Pay attention to the words I say and keep them in mind; do what I tell you and you will live.
Proverbs 5:12You'll say, “How I used to hate discipline, and my mind rebelled against being corrected!
Proverbs 15:31If you pay attention to positive advice you'll be one 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 →