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Proverbs 6:23

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23For the commandment is pa lamp; and the law is plight;

And ppreproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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Proverbs 6:23: For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Cross references

  1. pPs 119. 105. So Ps. 19. 8.
  2. pPs 119. 105. So Ps. 19. 8.
  3. ppSo ch. 10. 17.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,

and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For this command is a lamp,

this teaching is a light,

and correction and instruction

are the way to life,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,

and corrective discipline is the way to life.

NLTNew Living Translation

For their command is a lamp

and their instruction a light;

their corrective discipline

is the way to life.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For like a lamp is a commandment, and instruction is light,

and the way of life is the reproof of discipline,

KJV 1900King James Version

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;

And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: