Proverbs 6:23

Coverdale Bible (1535)

(For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yee chastenynge & nurtoure is ye waye of life)

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  • Ps 119:105 : 105 Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my fete & a light vnto my pathes.
  • Ps 19:8 : 8 The statutes of the LORDE are right, & reioyse the herte: ye comaundemet of ye LORDE is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes.
  • Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Thou thorow thy commaundement hast made me wyser the myne enemies, for it is euer by me. 99 I haue more vnderstondinge then all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my studye. 100 Yee I am wyser then the aged, for I kepe thy comaundementes.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine hert, but shalt tell yi neghboure his faute, that thou beare not synne for his sake.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the rightuous (rather) smyte me frendly, and reproue me:
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 he taught me also, sayenge: let thine herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take fast holde of doctryne, let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 and then saye: Alas, why hated I nurtoure? why dyd my hert despyse correccion?
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 The waye of life ledeth vnto heaue, yt a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth.
  • Prov 15:31 : 31 The eare yt harkeneth vnto wholsome warnynge, and enclyneth therto, shall dwell amonge ye wyse.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rodde and correccion mynistre wy?dome, but yf a childe be not loked vnto, he bryngeth his mother to shame.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 Yf eny man want light, let him loke vpon the lawe and the testimony, whether they speake not after this meanynge.
  • Jer 21:8 : 8 And vnto this people thou shalt saye: Thus saieth the LORDE: beholde, I laye before you the waye of life and deeth.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We haue also a sure worde of prophecie, and ye do well that ye take hede thervnto, as vnto a lighte that shyneth in a darke place vntyll the daye dawne, and the daye starre aryse in youre hertes.
  • Rev 2:5 : 5 Remember therfore fro whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the fyrst workes. Or elles I wyl come vnto the shortly, and wil remoue thy cadelstycke out of his place, excepte thou repent.

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  • Prov 6:20-22
    3 verses
    80%

    20 My sonne, kepe thy fathers comaundemetes, & forsake not ye lawe of thy mother.

    21 Put the vp together in thine herte, and bynde the aboute thy necke.

    22 That they maye lede the where thou goest, preserue the when thou art aslepe, & yt when thou awakest, thou mayest talke of the

  • 17 To take hede vnto ye chastenynge of nurtoure, is ye waye of life: but he that refuseth to be refourmed, goeth wroge.

  • 24 that they maye kepe the fro the euell woman, & from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott:

  • 73%

    14 The lawe is a wel of life vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe him from the snares of death.

    15 Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

  • 13 Take fast holde of doctryne, let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.

  • 8 My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, and forsake not the lawe of yi mother:

  • 31 The eare yt harkeneth vnto wholsome warnynge, and enclyneth therto, shall dwell amonge ye wyse.

  • Ps 19:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 The lawe of the LORDE is a perfecte lawe, it quickeneth the soule. The testimony of ye LORDE is true, & geueth wisdome euen vnto babes.

    8 The statutes of the LORDE are right, & reioyse the herte: ye comaundemet of ye LORDE is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes.

  • Prov 7:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 My sonne, kepe my wordes, & laye vp my comaundemetes by the.

    2 Kepe my comaundemetes & my lawe, eue as the aple of thine eye, & thou shalt lyue.

  • 25 Wherfore blame ye then the wordes, that are well and truly spoken?

  • 2 Yee I shal geue you a good rewarde, yf ye wil not forsake my lawe.

  • 6 Yf thou teachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go, he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

  • 105 Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my fete & a light vnto my pathes.

  • 23 O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wil expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstode my wordes.

  • 1 My sonne, forget not my lawe, but se yt thine hert kepe my comaundemetes.

  • 19 My sonne, ue eare & be wyse, so shal thine hert prospere in the waye.

  • 10 He that forsaketh ye right strete, shalbe sore punyshed: & who so hateth correccion, falleth in to death.

  • 11 These thy seruaunt kepeth, & for kepinge of them there is greate rewarde.

  • 9 Then shalt thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite, yee and euery good path.

  • 1 These are the commaundementes, ordinaunces & lawes which ye LORDE yor God hath comaunded, yt ye shulde lerne them, & do them, in the londe whyther ye go to possesse it,

  • 11 I wil shewe the ye waye of wy?dome, and lede the in the right pathes.

  • 6 She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them.

  • 21 and thine eares harken to his worde, that crieth after the and saieth: This is the waye, go this, and turne nether to the right honde nor the leffte.

  • 20 That thou mayest walke in ye good waye, and kepe the pathes of the rightuous.

  • 16 Who so kepeth the comaundemet, kepeth his owne soule: but he yt regardeth not his waye, shal dye.

  • 4 he taught me also, sayenge: let thine herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue.

  • 18 He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouerte and shame: but who so receaueth correccion, shal come to honoure.

  • 5 Who so kepeth the commaundement, shall fele no harme: but a wyse mans herte discerneth tyme and maner:

  • 5 A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • 20 Yf eny man want light, let him loke vpon the lawe and the testimony, whether they speake not after this meanynge.

  • 3 rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite.

  • 17 but kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE yor God, and his witnesses, & his ordinaunces, which he hath commaunded the,

  • 9 The light of the righteous maketh ioyfull, but the candle of the vngodly shal be put out.

  • 13 But all thinges are manifest, whan they are rebuked of the lighte. For what so euer is manifest, that same is lighte.

  • 22 Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.

  • 28 In the waye of righteousnesse there is life, as for eny other waye, it is the path vnto death.

  • 24 The waye of life ledeth vnto heaue, yt a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth.

  • 9 For by the is ye well of life, & in thy light, shall we se light.

  • 66 O lerne me kyndnesse, nourtoure & knowlege, for I beleue thy commaundementes.

  • 7 & shalt whet them vpon yi children, and shalt talke of them, wha thou syttest in thyne house, & whan thou walkest by the waie: whan thou lyest downe, & wha thou rysest vp.

  • 1 My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my comaundemetes by the,

  • 9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, and he wil increase.

  • 18 The path of the rightuous shyneth as the light, and is euer brighter & brighter vnto the parfecte daye.

  • 1 Who so loueth wy?dome, wil be content to be refourmed: but he that hateth to be reproued, is a foole.

  • 15 My sonne, walke not thou wt them, refrayne yi fote fro their wayes.