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Proverbs 6:23–24

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23because the command is a lamp, 

the teachings are a light, 

and the warnings from discipline are the path of life 

24to keep you from an evil woman 

and from the smooth talk of a loose woman. 

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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,

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,

to preserve you from the evil woman,

from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For this command is a lamp,

this teaching is a light,

and correction and instruction

are the way to life,

keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,

from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

and corrective discipline is the way to life.

They will protect you from an evil woman,

from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman.

NLTNew Living Translation

For their command is a lamp

and their instruction a light;

their corrective discipline

is the way to life.

It will keep you from the immoral woman,

from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.

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,

in order to preserve you from an evil woman,

from the smoothness of the tongue of an adulteress.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

To keep thee from the evil woman,

From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.