Proverbs 6:23

New English Translation

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Cross References

Genesis 39:8

But he refused, saying to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care.

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.

Psalm 119:130

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

Psalm 141:5

May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.

Psalm 19:8

The Lord’s precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord’s commands are pure and give insight for life.

Proverbs 10:17

The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

Proverbs 15:31

The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

Proverbs 29:15

A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 3:18

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

Proverbs 4:4

he taught me, and he said to me: “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

Proverbs 5:12

And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

Isaiah 8:20

Then you must recall the Lord’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

Jeremiah 21:8

“But tell the people of Jerusalem that the Lord says, ‘I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death.

Ezekiel 20:11

I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!

Leviticus 19:17

You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

2 Peter 1:19

Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Revelation 2:5

Therefore, remember from what high state you have fallen and repent! Do the deeds you did at the first; if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place – that is, if you do not repent.