Proverbs 6:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a 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, “Look, with me here, my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand.

Psalm 119:105

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

Psalm 119:130

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

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me; let the faithful correct me. Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head, for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

Psalm 19:8

the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes;

Proverbs 10:17

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but one who rejects a rebuke goes astray.

Proverbs 15:24

For the wise the path of life leads upward, in order to avoid Sheol below.

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that heeds wholesome admonition will lodge among the wise.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.

Proverbs 4:13

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

Proverbs 4:4

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

Proverbs 5:12

and you say, “Oh, how I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I found more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, whose heart is nets, whose hands are fetters; one who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

Isaiah 8:20

for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!

Jeremiah 21:8

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

Ezekiel 20:11

I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, by whose observance everyone shall live.

Leviticus 19:17

“You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself.

2 Peter 1:19

So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Revelation 2:5

Remember, then, from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.