23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:


In Context

20 My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

21 bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:

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

23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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

25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;

Proverbs 6:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:23For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:23For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:23Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:23For a lamp is the command, And the law a light, And a way of life are reproofs of instruction,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: