Proverbs 6:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life:

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  • Ps 119:105 : 105 Nun Thy worde is a candell vnto my feete: and a lyght vnto my pathes.
  • Ps 19:8 : 8 The statutes of God are right, and reioyce the heart: the commaundement of God is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes.
  • Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes: for they are euer with me. 99 I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers: for thy testimonies are my study. 100 I am made to vnderstande more then the aged can: because I kept thy commaundementes.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne heart, but shalt in any wyse rebuke thy neighbour, & suffer not sinne vpon hym.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 I wishe that the ryghteous woulde smite me and reproue me: for it is louing kyndnesse. But let not pretious baulmes breake mine head: for as yet euen my prayer is agaynst their wickednesse.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction?
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath.
  • Prov 15:31 : 31 The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe, shall dwell among the wyse.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 Get thee to the lawe, and the testimonie: and if they speake not after this worde, there is no light in them.
  • Jer 21:8 : 8 And vnto this people thou shalt say, thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I lay before you the way of life and death.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophesie, wherevnto yf ye take heede, as vnto a lyght that shyneth in a darke place, ye do well, vntyll the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your heartes.
  • Rev 2:5 : 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first workes: Or els I wyll come vnto thee shortly, & wyll remoue thy candlesticke out of his place, except thou repet.

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  • Prov 6:20-22
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    20 My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother:

    21 Tye them continually in thyne heart, and bynde them about thy necke.

    22 That shall leade thee when thou goest, preserue thee when thou art asleepe, and when thou awakest talke with thee.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17 Nurture kepeth the way of lyfe: but he that refuseth to be nurtured, deceaueth hym selfe.

  • Prov 6:24
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    24 That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman.

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    14 The lawe of the wise is a well of life, to auoyde from the snares of death.

    15 Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.

  • Prov 4:13
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    13 Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8 My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother:

  • Prov 15:31
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    31 The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe, shall dwell among the wyse.

  • Ps 19:7-8
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    7 The lawe of God is perfect, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of God is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the simple.

    8 The statutes of God are right, and reioyce the heart: the commaundement of God is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes.

  • Prov 7:1-2
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    1 My sonne kepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements by thee.

    2 Kepe my commaundementes & my lawe, euen as the apple of thyne eye, and thou shalt liue.

  • Job 6:25
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    25 How strong are the wordes of trueth? and which of you can rebuke or reproue them?

  • Prov 4:2
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    2 For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6 Teache a chylde what way he should go: for he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

  • Ps 119:105
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    105 Nun Thy worde is a candell vnto my feete: and a lyght vnto my pathes.

  • Prov 1:23
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    23 O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes.

  • Prov 3:1
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    1 My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes:

  • Prov 23:19
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    19 My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way of the Lorde.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10 Correction is greeuous vnto hym that forsaketh the way: and who so hateth correction shall dye.

  • Ps 19:11
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    11 Moreouer, by them thy seruaunt is well aduertised: and in kepyng of them there is a great rewarde.

  • Prov 2:9
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    9 Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path.

  • Deut 6:1
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    1 These are the comaundemetes, ordinaunces, and lawes, which the Lorde your God commaunded me to teache you, that ye might do them in the lande whither ye go to possesse it:

  • Prov 4:11
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    11 I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6 Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them.

  • Isa 30:21
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    21 Yea and thyne eare shall heare the talking of him that doth speake behinde thee: This is the way, walke ye in it, turne not aside neither to the right hande, nor to the left.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20 Therfore walke thou in the way of such as be vertuous, & kepe the pathes of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16 Who so kepeth the commaundement, kepeth his owne soule: but he that regardeth not his wayes, shall dye.

  • Prov 4:4
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    4 He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue.

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    18 He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie and shame: but who so regardeth correction, shall come to honour.

  • Eccl 8:5
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    5 Who so kepeth the commaundement, shall feele no harme: but a wyse mans heart discerneth the tyme and iudgement.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

  • Isa 8:20
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    20 Get thee to the lawe, and the testimonie: and if they speake not after this worde, there is no light in them.

  • Prov 1:3
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    3 To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie:

  • Deut 6:17
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    17 But you shall diligently kepe the commaundementes of the Lord your God, & his testimonies, and his ordinaunces which he hath commaunded thee:

  • Prov 13:9
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    9 The lyght of the ryghteous maketh ioyfull: but the candell of the vngodly shalbe put out.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13 But all thynges, when they are rebuked of the lyght, are manifest: For all that which do make manifest, is lyght.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22 Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28 In the way of ryghteousnesse there is life: & in the same way there is no death.

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    24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath.

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    9 For with thee is the fountaine of lyfe: and in thy light shall we see light.

  • Ps 119:66
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    66 Learne me the good taste & cunning: for I haue beleued thy commaundementes.

  • Deut 6:7
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    7 And thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, & when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp.

  • Prov 2:1
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    1 My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee,

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    9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.

  • Prov 4:18
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    18 The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day.

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    1 Who so loueth correction loueth knowledge: but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole.

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    15 My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes.