Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
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
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:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [like] a lamp [is] a commandment, and instruction [is] light, and the way of life [is the] reproof of discipline,
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 thou walk, it shall lead thee. When thou sleep, it shall watch over thee. And when thou awake, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life, 24 to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue.
Cross References
Psalm 119:105
Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and light to my path.
Psalm 19:8
The precepts of LORD are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Leviticus 19:17
Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Psalm 119:98-100
Thy commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.
Psalm 141:5
Let a righteous man smite me, [as] a kindness. And let him reprove me, [as] oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone who retains her.
Proverbs 4:4
And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4:13
Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.
Proverbs 5:12
and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
Proverbs 15:24
To the wise man the way of life [is] upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Proverbs 15:31
The ear that hearkens to the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Isaiah 8:20
[Seek] to the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Jeremiah 21:8
And thou shall say to this people, Thus says LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
2 Peter 1:19
And we have the prophetic word sure, to which ye do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar arises in your hearts.
Revelation 2:5
Remember therefore from where thou have fallen, and repent and do the first works. And if not, I come to thee quickly, and will move thy lampstand out of its place, if thou do not repent.