Proverbs 6:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ For the commandment is a lamp, and the whole teaching [of the law] is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life, [Ps. 19:8; 119:105.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Common English Bible

²³ The commandment is a lamp and instruction a light; corrective teaching is the path of life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.

Proverbs 6:23 Cross References

Psalm 119:105

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

2 Peter 1:19

And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

Psalm 19:8

The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.

Proverbs 4:13

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

Proverbs 4:4

And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live:

Jeremiah 21:8

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

Proverbs 15:24

To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

Revelation 2:5

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Leviticus 19:17

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour, and not bear sin because of him.

Genesis 39:8

But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand;

Psalm 119:130

The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.

Proverbs 10:17

He is in the way of life that heedeth correction: But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Ezekiel 20:11

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgements, which if a man do, he shall live in them.