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Proverbs 6:22-23 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 6 · verses 22–23
22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:Proverbs 6:22-23 · King James Version
Proverbs 6:22-23 in context
20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentmitsvâha command, whether human or divineH4687 →
- instructionmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- sleepestshâkabto lie downH7901 →
- reproofstôwkêchâhchastisementH8433 →
- awakestqûwtsto awakeH6974 →
- goesthâlakto walkH1980 →
- lightʼôwrillumination or luminaryH216 →
- leadnâchâhto guideH5148 →
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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 (Pro 6:23) and as a law, Pro 6:20, Pro 6:23. (1.) By its arguments it is a light, which our understandings must subscribe to;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-35