Proverbs 6:23

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • Ps 119:105 : 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
  • Ps 19:8 : 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made 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 ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
  • 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 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine 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 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
  • Prov 15:31 : 31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
  • Jer 21:8 : 8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
  • Rev 2:5 : 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:20-22
    3 verses
    80%

    20My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

    21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

    22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

  • Prov 6:24
    73%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

    15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Prov 4:13
    72%

    13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

  • Prov 1:8
    72%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 15:31
    71%

    31The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

  • Ps 19:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

    8The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

  • Prov 7:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

    2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

  • Job 6:25
    70%

    25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

  • Prov 4:2
    70%

    2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

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

  • Ps 119:105
    70%

    105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

  • Prov 1:23
    70%

    23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

  • Prov 23:19
    69%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 15:10
    69%

    10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Ps 19:11
    69%

    11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

  • Prov 2:9
    69%

    9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

  • Deut 6:1
    69%

    1Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

  • Prov 4:11
    69%

    11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

  • Prov 5:6
    69%

    6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

  • Isa 30:21
    69%

    21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

  • Prov 2:20
    69%

    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:16
    69%

    16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

  • Prov 4:4
    69%

    4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

  • Prov 13:18
    68%

    18Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

  • Eccl 8:5
    68%

    5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

  • Prov 15:5
    68%

    5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Isa 8:20
    68%

    20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  • Prov 1:3
    68%

    3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

  • Deut 6:17
    68%

    17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

  • Prov 13:9
    68%

    9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Eph 5:13
    68%

    13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

  • Prov 16:22
    68%

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 12:28
    68%

    28In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

  • Prov 15:24
    68%

    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Ps 36:9
    68%

    9For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

  • Ps 119:66
    68%

    66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

  • Deut 6:7
    68%

    7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  • Prov 2:1
    68%

    1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

  • Prov 9:9
    68%

    9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Prov 4:18
    68%

    18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  • Prov 12:1
    68%

    1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Prov 1:15
    67%

    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: