THEOSISProverbs 6:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
כִּ֤י נֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה וְת֣וֹרָה א֑וֹר וְדֶ֥רֶךְ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תּוֹכְח֥וֹת מוּסָֽר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 119 (118):105
- Ps 19 (18):8
- 2 Pet 1:19And we have the more firm prophetical word: whereunto you do well to attend, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts.
- Prov 15:31The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise.
- Prov 4:13Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.
- Prov 4:4And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
- Jer 21:8And to this people thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
- Ps 119 (118):98