Proverbs 6:23

God's Word

because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life

Cross References

Genesis 39:8

But Joseph refused and said to her, “My master doesn’t concern himself with anything in the house. He trusts me with everything he owns.

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.

Psalm 119:130

Your word is a doorway that lets in light, and it helps gullible people understand.

Psalm 141:5

A righteous person may strike me or correct me out of kindness. It is like lotion for my head. My head will not refuse it, because my prayer is directed against evil deeds.

Psalm 19:8

The instructions of the Lord are correct. They make the heart rejoice. The command of the Lord is radiant. It makes the eyes shine.

Proverbs 10:17

Whoever practices discipline is on the way to life, but whoever ignores a warning strays.

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life for a wise person leads upward in order to turn him away from hell below.

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that listens to a life-giving warning will be at home among wise people.

Proverbs 29:15

A spanking and a warning produce wisdom, but an undisciplined child disgraces his mother.

Proverbs 3:18

⌞Wisdom⌟ is a tree of life for those who take firm hold of it. Those who cling to it are blessed.

Proverbs 4:13

Cling to discipline. Do not relax your grip on it. Keep it because it is your life.

Proverbs 4:4

they used to teach me and say to me, “Cling to my words wholeheartedly. Obey my commands so that you may live.

Proverbs 5:12

“Oh, how I hated discipline! How my heart despised correction!

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I find that a woman whose thoughts are ⌞like⌟ traps and snares is more bitter than death itself. Even her hands are ⌞like⌟ chains. Whoever pleases God will escape her, but she will catch whoever continues to sin.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better to listen to wise people who reprimand you than to fools who sing your praises.

Isaiah 8:20

They should go to the teachings and to the written instructions. If people don’t speak these words, it is because it doesn’t dawn on them.

Jeremiah 21:8

“Say to these people, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to give you the choice of life or death.

Ezekiel 20:11

I gave them my laws and made my rules known to them. If people obey them they will live.

Leviticus 19:17

“Never hate another Israelite. Be sure to correct your neighbor so that you will not be guilty of sinning along with him.

2 Peter 1:19

So we regard the words of the prophets as confirmed beyond all doubt. You’re doing well by paying attention to their words. Continue to pay attention as you would to a light that shines in a dark place as you wait for day to come and the morning star to rise in your hearts.

Revelation 2:5

Remember how far you have fallen. Return to me and change the way you think and act, and do what you did at first. I will come to you and take your lamp stand from its place if you don’t change.