Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and the way of life are the admonitions of correction:
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
24To guard thee against a bad woman, from the flattery of an alien tongue.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt indeed rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin on account of him.
Psalms 119:98Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me.
Psalms 141:5If the righteous strike me, it is a kindness; and if he reprove me, it is [as] oil poured on the head, my head shall not refuse it; for yet my prayer also [is offered] in their sufferings.
Proverbs 4:4And he instructed me, and said unto me, Let thy heart grasp firmly my words: observe my commandments and live.
Proverbs 5:12And thou sayest, How have I hated correction, and how hath my heart rejected reproof;
Proverbs 15:31The ear that heareth the admonition of life will ever 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 →