Proverbs 6:23

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

LXX2012 (British)

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

22Whenever you walk, lead this along and let it be with you; that it may talk with you when you wake.

24to keep you continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any wise rebuke your neighbour, so you shall not bear sin on his account.

Psalms 141:5I cried to you, O Lord, and said, You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living. 1

Proverbs 4:4who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in your heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:

Proverbs 5:12and you shall say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!

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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