Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
In context
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, And forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, And tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: And the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 6:23 in the NIV
For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 6:23 in the ESV
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,