Proverbs 6:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י נֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה וְת֣וֹרָה א֑וֹר וְדֶ֥רֶךְ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תּוֹכְח֥וֹת מוּסָֽר׃

Transliteration

For nēr miṣwāh and-tôrāh ʾôr and-dereḵ ḥayyîm tôḵəḥôt mûsār

Grammar Details

• *nēr*: noun, masculine singular - lamp
• *miṣwāh*: noun, feminine singular - commandment
• *tôrāh*: noun, feminine singular - teaching/instruction
• *ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light
• *dereḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - way of
• *ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - life
• *tôḵəḥôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - reproofs of
• *mûsār*: noun, masculine singular - discipline/instruction

Word Meanings

• *nēr*: lamp/light
• *miṣwāh*: commandment/precept
• *tôrāh*: teaching/instruction/law
• *tôḵəḥôt*: reproofs/corrections/rebukes
• *mûsār*: discipline/instruction/correction

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 {G3757} 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, {G5035} and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.