Proverbs 6:23

For the mitzvah is a ner (lamp); and torah an ohr; 1 and tokhakhot musar (reproofs of discipline) are the Derech Chayyim (Life Lane); 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 thou goest, it shall guide thee; 1 when thou sleepest, it shall be shomer over thee; 1 and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 1

24To be shomer over thee, keeping thee from the eshet rah, 1 from the smooth lashon of the nokhriyah (strange woman). 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine lev; thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear chet because of him.

Psalms 119:98Thou through Thy mitzvot hast made me wiser than mine enemies: 1 for they are ever with me. 1

Psalms 141:5Let the tzaddik strike me; it shall be chesed; 1 and let him reprove me; it shall be shemen, 1 which my rosh shall not refuse; 1 for still shall my tefillah be against their evil deeds. 1

Proverbs 4:4He taught me also, and said unto me, 1 Let thine lev retain my words; 1 be shomer over my mitzvot, and live. 1

Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated musar, 1 and my lev spurned tokhakhat (reproof); 1

Proverbs 15:31The ozen that heareth the tokhakhat chayyim (reproof of life) 1 lodgeth among chachamim. 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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