Proverbs 6:23

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 39:8

And without consenting at all to the wicked act, he said to her: "Behold, my lord has delivered all things to me, and he does not know what he has in his own house.

Psalm 141:5

I considered toward the right, and I looked, but there was no one who would know me. Flight has perished before me, and there is no one who has concern for my soul.

Psalm 19:8

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.

Proverbs 10:17

The way of life is for those who observe discipline. But whoever abandons correction wanders astray.

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life is for the wise above, so that he may turn away from the end of Hell.

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that listens to the reproofs of life shall abide in the midst of the wise.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who overtake her, and he who shall take hold of her is blessed.

Proverbs 4:13

Take hold of discipline. Do not dismiss it. Guard it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 4:4

And he taught me, and he also said: "Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.

Proverbs 5:12

"Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction?

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I have examined all things in my soul, so that I may know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason, and so that I may recognize the impiety of the foolish, and the error of the imprudent.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

The heart of the wise is a place of mourning, and the heart of the foolish is a place of rejoicing.

Isaiah 8:20

And this is, moreover, for the sake of the law and the testimony. But if they do not speak according to this Word, then he will not have the morning light.

Jeremiah 21:8

And to this people, you shall say: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

Ezekiel 20:11

And I gave them my precepts, and I revealed to them my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them.

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but reprove him openly, lest you have sin over him.

2 Peter 1:19

And so, we have an even firmer prophetic word, to which you would do well to listen, as to a light shining within a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar rises, in your hearts.

Revelation 2:5

And so, call to mind the place from which you have fallen, and do penance, and do the first works. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.