Proverbs 6:23

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

2 Peter 1:19

And we have the more firm prophetical word: whereunto you do well to attend, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Psalm 19:8

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

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise.

Proverbs 4:13

Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.

Proverbs 4:4

And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

Jeremiah 21:8

And to 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 the child that is left to his own will bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.

Psalm 141:5

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.

Revelation 2:5

Be mindful therefore from whence thou art fallen: and do penance, and do the first works. Or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou do penance.

Isaiah 8:20

To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.

Proverbs 5:12

Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,

Leviticus 19:17

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: but reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.

Genesis 39:8

But he, in no wise consenting to that wicked act, said to her: Behold, my master hath delivered all things to me, and knoweth not what he hath in his own house.

Proverbs 10:17

The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproofs goeth astray.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:

Ezekiel 20:11

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