Proverbs 6:23

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 39:8

But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my charge.

Psalm 119:105

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

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness. Let him rebuke me; it shall be an excellent oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is still against the deeds of the wicked.

Psalm 19:8

the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Proverbs 10:17

He who heeds instruction is on the path of life, but he who refuses reproof goes astray.

Proverbs 15:24

The way of life leads upward for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol below.

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that hears the reproof of life abides at home among the wise.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; blessed are those who retain her.

Proverbs 4:13

Take hold of instruction; do not let her go; guard her, for she is your life.

Proverbs 4:4

he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live.

Proverbs 5:12

and you say, “How I hated instruction and my heart despised reproof!

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death a woman whose heart is like snares and nets, whose hands are like prison cells. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

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

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony; if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Jeremiah 21:8

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

I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, which if a man does them, he shall live.

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely reason honestly with your neighbor, and not suffer sin because of him.

2 Peter 1:19

And we have a more reliable word of prophecy, which you would do well to follow, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.

Revelation 2:5

Remember therefore from where you have fallen. Repent, and do the works you did at first, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your candlestick from its place, unless you repent.