Proverbs 6:23
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Command Commandment Commands Discipline Guiding Instruction Lamp Life Reproofs Rule Shining Teaching Training Way Words
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Command Commandment Commands Discipline Guiding Instruction Lamp Life Reproofs Rule Shining Teaching Training Way Words
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English Standard Version
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

New American Standard Bible
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life

King James Bible
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, 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—

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,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For the commandment is a lamp and the law is a light, and reproof is the way of life and instruction,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life

King James 2000 Bible
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

American King James 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:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Darby Bible Translation
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

English Revised Version
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Webster's Bible Translation
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,

Young's Literal Translation
For a lamp is the command, And the law a light, And a way of life are reproofs of instruction,
Lexicon
For the commandment
mitsvah  (mits-vaw')
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) -- (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
is a lamp
niyr  (neer)
properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light -- candle, lamp, light.
and the law
towrah  (to-raw')
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch -- law.
is light
'owr  (ore)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) -- bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
and reproofs
towkechah  (to-kay-khaw')
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence) -- argument, chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, be (often) reproved.
of instruction
muwcar  (moo-sawr')
chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint -- bond, chastening (-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
are the way
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
of life
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
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