Proverbs 6:23

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For the commandment is a lamp, the teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life.

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  • Ps 119:105 : 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
  • Ps 19:8 : 8 The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  • Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the elders, because I keep Your precepts.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let a righteous person strike me—it is a kindness; let them rebuke me—it is oil on my head, which my head will not refuse. For my prayer is still against the deeds of the wicked.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and those who hold her fast are blessed.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 he taught me and said to me, 'Let your heart hold onto my words; keep my commands, and you will live.'
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Hold tightly to instruction; do not let it go. Guard it well, for it is your life.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 You will say, 'How I hated discipline, and my heart despised correction!'
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.
  • Prov 15:31 : 31 The ear that listens to life-giving correction will dwell among the wise.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod of correction and discipline impart wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
  • Jer 21:8 : 8 Now you shall also say to this people: "Thus says the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
  • Rev 2:5 : 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:20-22
    3 verses
    80%

    20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

    21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

    22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you wake, they will speak to you.

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17The one who heeds discipline is on the path of life, but the one who rejects correction leads others astray.

  • Prov 6:24
    73%

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

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, helping one turn away from the traps of death.

    15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the treacherous leads to ruin.

  • Prov 4:13
    72%

    13Hold tightly to instruction; do not let it go. Guard it well, for it is your life.

  • Prov 1:8
    72%

    8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • Prov 15:31
    71%

    31The ear that listens to life-giving correction will dwell among the wise.

  • Ps 19:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.

    8The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

  • Prov 7:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments with you.

    2Keep my commandments and live, and guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

  • Job 6:25
    70%

    25How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

  • Prov 4:2
    70%

    2For I give you good teaching; do not abandon my instruction.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

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

  • Ps 119:105
    70%

    105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

  • Prov 1:23
    70%

    23If you turn at my correction, behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

  • Prov 23:19
    69%

    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

  • Prov 15:10
    69%

    10Harsh discipline comes to those who forsake the right path; anyone who hates correction will die.

  • Ps 19:11
    69%

    11They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

  • Prov 2:9
    69%

    9Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity—the entire good path.

  • Deut 6:1
    69%

    1These are the commandments, statutes, and judgments that the LORD your God commanded to teach you to carry out in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

  • Prov 4:11
    69%

    11I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have guided you along straight paths.

  • Prov 5:6
    69%

    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • Isa 30:21
    69%

    21Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'

  • Prov 2:20
    69%

    20So you will walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:16
    69%

    16The one who keeps the commandment preserves their soul, but whoever despises their ways will die.

  • Prov 4:4
    69%

    4he taught me and said to me, 'Let your heart hold onto my words; keep my commands, and you will live.'

  • Prov 13:18
    68%

    18Poverty and shame come to those who ignore discipline, but those who heed correction are honored.

  • Eccl 8:5
    68%

    5Whoever obeys a command will avoid harm, and the heart of the wise person knows the right time and the right way.

  • Prov 15:5
    68%

    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.

  • Isa 8:20
    68%

    20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

  • Prov 1:3
    68%

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

  • Deut 6:17
    68%

    17Diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, as well as His testimonies and statutes that He has commanded you.

  • Prov 13:9
    68%

    9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

  • Eph 5:13
    68%

    13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is made visible is light.

  • Prov 16:22
    68%

    22Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.

  • Prov 12:28
    68%

    28In the path of righteousness is life, and its pathway leads to immortality.

  • Prov 15:24
    68%

    24The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.

  • Ps 36:9
    68%

    9They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

  • Ps 119:66
    68%

    66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I trust in Your commandments.

  • Deut 6:7
    68%

    7Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

  • Prov 2:1
    68%

    1My son, if you accept my words and treasure my commands with you,

  • Prov 9:9
    68%

    9Instruct the wise, and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and they will add to their learning.

  • Prov 4:18
    68%

    18The path of the righteous is like the morning light, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.

  • Prov 12:1
    68%

    1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is senseless.

  • Prov 1:15
    67%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,