Proverbs 6:23

American Standard Version (1901)

For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:105 : 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
  • Ps 19:8 : 8 The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take fast hold of instruction; Let her not go: Keep her; For she is thy life.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
  • Prov 15:31 : 31 The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
  • Jer 21:8 : 8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
  • Rev 2:5 : 5 Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:20-22
    3 verses
    80%

    20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

    21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

    22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

  • Prov 6:24
    73%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

    15Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.

  • Prov 4:13
    72%

    13Take fast hold of instruction; Let her not go: Keep her; For she is thy life.

  • Prov 1:8
    72%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 15:31
    71%

    31The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.

  • Ps 19:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.

    8The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.

  • Prov 7:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

    2Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.

  • Job 6:25
    70%

    25How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?

  • Prov 4:2
    70%

    2For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Ps 119:105
    70%

    105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

  • Prov 1:23
    70%

    23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

  • Prov 23:19
    69%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

  • Prov 15:10
    69%

    10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Ps 19:11
    69%

    11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: In keeping them there is great reward.

  • Prov 2:9
    69%

    9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.

  • Deut 6:1
    69%

    1Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it;

  • Prov 4:11
    69%

    11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

  • Prov 5:6
    69%

    6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

  • Isa 30:21
    69%

    21and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

  • Prov 2:20
    69%

    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:16
    69%

    16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; [But] he that is careless of his ways shall die.

  • Prov 4:4
    69%

    4And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

  • Prov 13:18
    68%

    18Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

  • Eccl 8:5
    68%

    5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment:

  • Prov 15:5
    68%

    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Isa 8:20
    68%

    20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

  • Prov 1:3
    68%

    3To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;

  • Deut 6:17
    68%

    17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

  • Prov 13:9
    68%

    9The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Eph 5:13
    68%

    13But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.

  • Prov 16:22
    68%

    22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.

  • Prov 12:28
    68%

    28In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

  • Prov 15:24
    68%

    24To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

  • Ps 36:9
    68%

    9For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.

  • Ps 119:66
    68%

    66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.

  • Deut 6:7
    68%

    7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  • Prov 2:1
    68%

    1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

  • Prov 9:9
    68%

    9Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Prov 4:18
    68%

    18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  • Prov 12:1
    68%

    1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Prov 1:15
    67%

    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path: