Proverbs 6:23

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 119:105

Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and light to my path.

2 Peter 1:19

And we have the prophetic word sure, to which ye do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar arises in your hearts.

Psalm 19:8

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

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that hearkens to the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.

Proverbs 4:13

Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.

Proverbs 4:4

And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

Jeremiah 21:8

And thou shall say to this people, Thus says 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 causes shame to his mother.

Proverbs 15:24

To the wise man the way of life [is] upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

Psalm 141:5

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

Revelation 2:5

Remember therefore from where thou have fallen, and repent and do the first works. And if not, I come to thee quickly, and will move thy lampstand out of its place, if thou do not repent.

Isaiah 8:20

[Seek] 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 those who lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone who retains her.

Proverbs 5:12

and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

Leviticus 19:17

Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Genesis 39:8

But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.

Psalm 119:130

The opening of thy words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

Proverbs 10:17

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof errs.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

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

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Ezekiel 20:11

And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them.