Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [like] a lamp [is] a commandment, and instruction [is] light, and the way of life [is the] reproof of discipline,
New American Standard Bible
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
King James Version
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Holman Bible
and corrective discipline is the way to life.
International Standard Version
Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life
A Conservative Version
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
American Standard Version
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Amplified
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching [of the law] is light,
And reproofs (rebukes) for discipline are the way of life,
Bible in Basic English
For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
Darby Translation
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Julia Smith Translation
For the command is a lamp, and the law a light; and the way of life the reproof of instruction:
King James 2000
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Modern King James verseion
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the commandment is a lantern, and the law a light: yea, chastening and nurture is the way of life:
NET Bible
For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,
New Heart English Bible
For the commandment is a lamp, and the Law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
The Emphasized Bible
For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:
Webster
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
World English Bible
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Youngs Literal Translation
For a lamp is the command, And the law a light, And a way of life are reproofs of instruction,
Themes
Commandment » The commandments of your parents
God's word » Furnishes a light in darkness
Instruction » What instruction is
Lamps » Illustrative » Of the word of God
Light, spiritual » Believers' duty performed in » God's word a
Reproof » Leads to » Happiness
Reproof » Reproofs of instruction
The scriptures » Are an unerring guide
The word of God » Despised by the foolish » Furnishes a light in darkness
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Commandment And Instruction As Guardians
22 {When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you. 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}.
Cross References
Psalm 119:105
Your word [is] a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Psalm 19:8
The precepts of Yahweh [are] right, making [the] heart rejoice. The command of Yahweh [is] pure, enlightening [the] eyes.
Leviticus 19:17
" 'You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your fellow citizen, so that you do not incur sin {along with} him.
Psalm 119:98-100
Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they [are] ever with me.
Psalm 141:5
Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. [It is] oil for [my] head; let not my head refuse. For still my prayer [is] against their evil deeds.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life for those who seize her; those who take hold of her are considered happy.
Proverbs 4:4
he taught me and said to me, "May your heart hold fast [to] my words; guard my commandments and live.
Proverbs 4:13
Seize the instruction! Do not let go! Guard her, for she is your life.
Proverbs 5:12
and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!"
Proverbs 15:24
The path of life [leads] upward for him who has insight, in order to turn away from Sheol below.
Proverbs 15:31
The ear of him who listens [to] admonitions of life, in the midst of the wise it will lodge.
Proverbs 29:15
As for a rod and reproof, they will give wisdom, but a neglected child is disgraced [by] his mother.
Isaiah 8:20
for teaching and for testimony?" {surely they [who] speak like this have no dawn}.
Jeremiah 21:8
"And to this people you shall say, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Look, I [am] setting {before you} the way of life and the way of death.
2 Peter 1:19
and we possess [as] more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well [if you] pay attention to [it] as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
Revelation 2:5
Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do {the works you did at first}. But if you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.