Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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Gill's Exposition
To keep thee from the evil woman,.... This is one use of the profit arising from attending to the instructions of parents, and to the law of God, as taught by them; to preserve from fornication and…
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,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the commandment … the law or, their commandment … their teaching, R.V. marg. The two renderings are practically the same. See on Pro 6:6.
reproofs of instruction "Light" is not enough: "all effectual…
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