Bible verse
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
Proverbs 6:23 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 6.
19 a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
KJV
For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
ASV
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
ERV
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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