Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; 1 A way of life; reproof also and correction: 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

22Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; 1 And when thou sleepest let it keep thee; 1 That it may talk with thee when thou wakest. 1

24To keep thee continually from a married woman, 1 And from the calumny of a strange tongue. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt in anywise rebuke thy neighbor, so thou shalt not bear sin on his account.

Psalms 141:5I looked on my right hand, and behold, 1 For there was none that noticed me; 1 Refuge failed me; 1 And there was none that cared for my soul. 1

Proverbs 4:4Who spoke and instructed me, saying, 1 Let our speech be fixed in thy heart, 1 Keep our commandments, forget them not: 1

Proverbs 5:12And thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, 1 And my heart avoided reproofs! 1

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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