Proverbs 6:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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. Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to 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 You, through Your commandments, have made 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 ancients, because I keep Your precepts.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him rebuke me; it shall be as excellent oil, which shall not break my head, for my prayer shall still be in their calamities.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone who retains her.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 He also taught me, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take firm hold of instruction; do not let her go: keep her; for she is your 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 hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and reproof give 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, it is because there is no light in them.
  • Jer 21:8 : 8 And to this people you shall say, Thus says 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, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines 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, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come to you quickly, and will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

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    80%

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

    21 Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them around your neck.

    22 When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you.

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17 He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 6:24
    73%

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

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

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

    15 Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Prov 4:13
    72%

    13 Take firm hold of instruction; do not let her go: keep her; for she is your life.

  • Prov 1:8
    72%

    8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 15:31
    71%

    31 The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

  • Ps 19:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    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
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • Job 6:25
    70%

    25 How forcible are right words! But what does your arguing reprove?

  • Prov 4:2
    70%

    2 For I give you good teaching, do not forsake my law.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

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

  • Ps 119:105
    70%

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

  • Prov 1:23
    70%

    23 Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

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

  • Prov 23:19
    69%

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

  • Prov 15:10
    69%

    10 Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.

  • Ps 19:11
    69%

    11 Moreover by them is your servant warned, and in keeping them there is great reward.

  • Prov 2:9
    69%

    9 Then you will understand righteousness and judgment and equity; yes, every good path.

  • Deut 6:1
    69%

    1 These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land you are going to possess:

  • Prov 4:11
    69%

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

  • Prov 5:6
    69%

    6 Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, so that you cannot know them.

  • Isa 30:21
    69%

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

  • Prov 2:20
    69%

    20 That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:16
    69%

    16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he who despises his ways shall die.

  • Prov 4:4
    69%

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

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    68%

    18 Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

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    68%

    5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.

  • Prov 15:5
    68%

    5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Isa 8:20
    68%

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

  • Prov 1:3
    68%

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

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    68%

    17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

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    68%

    9 The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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    68%

    13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light.

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    68%

    22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

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    68%

    28 In the path of righteousness there is life, and in its way there is no death.

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

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    9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light.

  • Ps 119:66
    68%

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

  • Deut 6:7
    68%

    7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

  • Prov 2:1
    68%

    1 My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you;

  • Prov 9:9
    68%

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

  • Prov 4:18
    68%

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

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    68%

    1 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.

  • Prov 1:15
    67%

    15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path;