Proverbs 6:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.›

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

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

    22 When 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
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    17 ¶ He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

  • Prov 6:24
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    24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    14 ¶ The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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

  • Prov 4:13
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  • Prov 1:8
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    8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

  • Ps 19:7-8
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    7 ¶ The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.

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

  • Prov 7:1-2
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    70%

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

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

  • Job 6:25
    70%

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

  • Prov 4:2
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    2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

  • Prov 22:6
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  • Ps 119:105
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    105 ¶ NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

  • Prov 1:23
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    23 Turn 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%

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

  • Prov 23:19
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    19 ¶ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10 ¶ Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Ps 19:11
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    11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of them [there is] great reward.

  • Prov 2:9
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    9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.

  • Deut 6:1
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    1 ¶ Now 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
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    11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].

  • Isa 30:21
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    21 And 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
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    4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

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

  • Eccl 8:5
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    68%

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

  • Isa 8:20
    68%

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    68%

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

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    68%

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