Proverbs 6:23 — Meaning and Application

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“For the commandment {is} a lamp; and the law {is} light; and reproofs of instruction {are} the way of life: {lamp: or, candle}”

Proverbs 6:23

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Bind them continually upon thine heart, {and} tie them about thy neck.

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and {when} thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

For the commandment {is} a lamp; and the law {is} light; and reproofs of instruction {are} the way of life: {lamp: or, candle}

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. {of the...: or, of the strange tongue}

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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Proverbs 6:1

"My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, {if} thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,"

Proverbs 6:2

"Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth."

Proverbs 6:3

"Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. {and make...: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend}"

Proverbs 6:4

"Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids."

Proverbs 6:5

"Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand {of the hunter}, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler."

Proverbs 6:6

"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:"

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