Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: FOR THE COMMANDMENT IS A LAMP; AND THE LAW IS LIGHT - illuminating the soul, and guiding us into the true path of faith and life (; ). This gives the reason why he has said, The commandment shall lead thee (). AND REPROOFS OF INSTRUCTION (DISCIPLINARY REPROOFS) ARE THE WAY OF LIFE. Reproofs coupled with disciplinary chastening are needed, if we are to learn "the way of life" (; )....

20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us remember Him who willingly became our Surety, when we were strangers and enemies. And shall Christians, who have such prospects, motives, and examples, be slothful and careless? Shall we neglect what is pleasing to God, and what he will graciously reward? May we closely watch every sense by which poison can enter our minds or affections....

Verse Proverbs 6:23. _FOR THE COMMANDMENT_ IS _A LAMP_] It illuminates our path. It shows us how _we should walk and praise God_. _AND THE LAW_ IS _LIGHT_] A _general light_, showing the _nature_ and _will_ of GOD, and the _interest_ and _duty_ of MAN. _AND REPROOFS OF INSTRUCTION_] Or, that instruction which reproves us for our sins and errors leads us into the way of life....

Compare Psalms 119:105....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth (Proverbs 6:6); (3) malice (Proverbs 6:12); and (4) adultery (Proverbs 6:20 to the end). The continuity of the subject treated of in the preceding chapter appears to be somewhat abruptly interrupted to make way for the insertion of three

FOR THE COMMANDMENT [IS] A LAMP,.... The law of God is a lamp or candle to see to work by and to walk by; it enlightens the eyes and directs the feet, and makes working more pleasant, and walking more comfortable; and indeed wit, bout it a man knows not rightly what to do or where he should walk, or where he is walking; see Psalms 119:105; AND THE LAW [IS] LIGHT; it makes things clear and manifest, what is right and what is wrong; it enlightens the eyes of the understanding, whereby persons come to see both their sin and their duty; and it directs them to avoid the one and do the other; see Psalms 19:8; AND REPROOFS OF INSTRUCTION [ARE] THE WAY LIFE; kind reproofs given by parents agreeable to the word of God, which instruct what should be shunned and what should b

CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman (Proverbs 6:20) Proverbs 6:1. These are instructions concerning contracts, in being surety for a neighbor and the danger connected with it. Proverbs 6:6. The sluggard is commanded to go to the ant for a lesson. (See also...

A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing, Proverbs 6:16 against seven sins. Then the subject of sexual vice is continued from Proverbs 5. Proverbs 6:1 obviously breaks the connexion, and was probably inserted after the compilation of Proverbs 6:1....

LAW IS LIGHT. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), _v. torah 'or._ In Latin it would be similar: _Lex est lux._ REPROOFS OF INSTRUCTION. what is directed. Compare Proverbs 6:20. WAY OF LIFE. way to life: i.e. life eternal. See note on Leviticus 18:5....

Fourteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:20. _The Evil Woman_ The holy memories and sanctions of the family are invoked (Proverbs 6:20) to give weight to another earnest warning against the sin which destroys the purity and saps the foundations of family life (Proverbs 6:24)....