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Proverbs 6:23
Proverbs 6:23 is verse 23 of Proverbs chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
King James Version
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
World English Bible
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
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Proverbs 6:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 19:8The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Psalms 119:98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
Psalms 119:99I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms 119:100I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
Psalms 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
2 Peter 1:19We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Revelation 2:5Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
Proverbs 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
Proverbs 15:31He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Leviticus 19:17You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
Proverbs 4:4he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
Jeremiah 21:8Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.