Proverbs 6:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Proverbs 6:23 —

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Psalms 119:105
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
2 Peter 1:19
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Psalms 19:8
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Proverbs 15:31
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
Proverbs 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 20-35)

Here is, I. A general exhortation faithfully to adhere to the word of God and to take it for our guide in all our actions. 1. We must look upon the word of God both as a light (Pr. 6:23) and as a law, Pr. 6:20, 23. (1.) By its arguments it is a light, which our understandings must subscribe to; it is a lamp to our eyes for discovery, and so to our feet for direction. The word of God reveals to us…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

20-23. (Compare Pr 1:8; 3:3, &c.).