Proverbs 6:23–24
Proverbs 6:23–24 — The New International Version (NIV)
23 For this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is 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.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — New Living Translation (NLT)
23 For their command is a lamp
and their instruction a light;
their corrective discipline
is the way to life.
24 It will keep you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
23 For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
24 To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — New Century Version (NCV)
23 These commands are like a lamp;
this teaching is like a light.
And the correction that comes from them
will help you have life.
24 They will keep you from sinful women
and from the pleasing words of another man’s unfaithful wife.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — American Standard Version (ASV)
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the evil woman,
From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
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.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
23 because the command is a lamp,
the teachings are a light,
and the warnings from discipline are the path of life
24 to keep you from an evil woman
and from the smooth talk of a loose woman.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
23 For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,
and corrective discipline is the way to life.
24 They will protect you from an evil woman,
from the flattering tongue of a stranger.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
24 to preserve you from the wife of another,
from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
23 For like a lamp is a commandment, and instruction is light,
and the way of life is the reproof of discipline,
24 in order to preserve you from an evil woman,
from the smoothness of the tongue of an adulteress.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
23 Your father’s commands are like a lamp.
Your mother’s teaching is like a light.
And the training that corrects you
leads to life.
24 It keeps you from a sinful woman.
It keeps you from the smooth tongue of a woman who commits adultery.
Proverbs 6:23–24 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
24 To keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.