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Proverbs 6:23
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Proverbs 6:23
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For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
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Proverbs 6:23 in Other Translations
KJV
23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
ESV
23
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
NLT
23
For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline is the way to life.
MSG
23
For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path.
CSB
23
For a commandment is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective instructions are the way to life.
Proverbs 6:23 In-Context
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Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
22
When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
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For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
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keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
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Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
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Psalms 19:8
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Psalms 119:105
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Proverbs 10:17
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