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


In Context

20 My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

21 Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.

22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

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

24 keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.

25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes,

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a 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: