Proverbs 6:23

For the commands are a lamp, and the teaching is a light; 1 the corrections that come by instruction are the way of life. 1

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For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

In Context

22When you walk, they will guide you; 1 when you sleep, they will watch over you; 1 and when you wake up, they will teach you. 1

24It keeps you from the immoral woman, 1 from the smooth words of an immoral woman. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must honestly rebuke your neighbor so as not to share in sin because of him.

Psalms 119:98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, 1 for your commandments are always with me. 1

Psalms 141:5Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me. 1 Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head; 1 may my head not refuse to accept it. 1 But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds. 1

Proverbs 4:4he taught me and said to me, 1 “Let your heart hold fast to my words; 1 keep my commands and live. 1

Proverbs 5:12You will say, “How I hated instruction 1 and my heart despised correction! 1

Proverbs 15:31If you pay attention when someone corrects how you live, 1 you will remain among wise people. 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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