Proverbs 6:23–24
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23For the commandment is pa ||lamp; and the law is plight;
And ppreproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24To keep thee from the evil woman,
Footnotes
- pPs 119:105. So Ps. 19:8.
- ||Or, candle. See 2 Sam. 21:17.
- pPs 119:105. So Ps. 19:8.
- ppSo ch. 10:17.
- qSo ch. 7:21.
- ||Or, of the strange tongue.
- rSee ch. 2:16.
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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.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
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.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
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.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
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.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press