Proverbs 6:23

For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,

Young's Literal Translation

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

22In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked — it talketh [with] thee.

24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17'Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.

Psalms 119:98Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.

Psalms 141:5The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.

Proverbs 4:4And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

Proverbs 5:12And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

Proverbs 15:31An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among 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 →

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