Proverbs 6:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:105 : 105 <NUN> Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.
  • Ps 19:8 : 8 The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
  • Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever. 99 I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word. 100 I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
  • Prov 15:31 : 31 The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...
  • Jer 21:8 : 8 And to this people you are to say, The Lord has said, See, I put before you the way of life and the way of death.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
  • Rev 2:5 : 5 So keep in mind where you were at first, and be changed in heart and do the first works; or I will come to you, and will take away your light from its place, if your hearts are not changed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:20-22
    3 verses
    80%

    20My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

    21Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

    22In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

  • Prov 6:24
    73%

    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

    15Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Prov 4:13
    72%

    13Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

  • Prov 1:8
    72%

    8My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 15:31
    71%

    31The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

  • Ps 19:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

    8The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

  • Prov 7:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

    2Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;

  • Job 6:25
    70%

    25How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

  • Prov 4:2
    70%

    2For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

    6If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Ps 119:105
    70%

    105<NUN> Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.

  • Prov 1:23
    70%

    23Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

  • Prov 23:19
    69%

    19Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 15:10
    69%

    10There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

  • Ps 19:11
    69%

    11By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

  • Prov 2:9
    69%

    9Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

  • Deut 6:1
    69%

    1Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

  • Prov 4:11
    69%

    11I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

  • Prov 5:6
    69%

    6She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • Isa 30:21
    69%

    21And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.

  • Prov 2:20
    69%

    20So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Prov 19:16
    69%

    16He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

  • Prov 4:4
    69%

    4And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

  • Prov 13:18
    68%

    18Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

  • Eccl 8:5
    68%

    5Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

  • Prov 15:5
    68%

    5A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Isa 8:20
    68%

    20Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...

  • Prov 1:3
    68%

    3To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

  • Deut 6:17
    68%

    17Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

  • Prov 13:9
    68%

    9There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

  • Eph 5:13
    68%

    13But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.

  • Prov 16:22
    68%

    22Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • Prov 12:28
    68%

    28In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Prov 15:24
    68%

    24Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

  • Ps 36:9
    68%

    9For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

  • Ps 119:66
    68%

    66Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.

  • Deut 6:7
    68%

    7Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

  • Prov 2:1
    68%

    1My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

  • Prov 9:9
    68%

    9Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

  • Prov 4:18
    68%

    18But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

  • Prov 12:1
    68%

    1A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

  • Prov 1:15
    67%

    15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways: