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


In Context

20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

22 When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

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

24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

25 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you 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 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 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: