Proverbs

Proverbs 6:23–24

²³For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light,

and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

²⁴to keep you from the evil woman,

from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.^c

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
this commandment	מִ֭צְוָה	miṣ·wāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4687 commandment
is a lamp	נֵ֣ר	nêr	Noun - masculine singular	H5216 lamp
this teaching	וְת֣וֹרָה	wə·ṯō·w·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
a light	א֑וֹר	’ō·wr	Noun - common singular	H216 light
and the reproofs	תּוֹכְח֥וֹת	tō·wḵ·ḥō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H8433 rebuke, correction
of discipline	מוּסָֽר׃	mū·sār	Noun - masculine singular	H4148 discipline
are the way	וְדֶ֥רֶךְ	wə·ḏe·reḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
to life	חַ֝יִּ֗ים	ḥay·yîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to keep you	לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ	liš·mā·rə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
from the evil	רָ֑ע	rā‘	Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
woman	מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת	mê·’ê·šeṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H802 woman, wife, female
from the smooth	מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת	mê·ḥel·qaṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2513 portion
tongue	לָשׁ֥וֹן	lā·šō·wn	Noun - common singular	H3956 tongue
of the adulteress	נָכְרִיָּֽה׃	nā·ḵə·rî·yāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H5237 foreign, alien

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 6:23 Psalm 119:105 · 2 Peter 1:19 · Psalm 19:8 · Proverbs 15:31 · Proverbs 4:13 · Proverbs 4:4 · Jeremiah 21:8 · Psalm 119:98–100 · Proverbs 15:24 · Psalm 141:5 · Proverbs 29:15 · Isaiah 8:20

Proverbs 6:24 Proverbs 2:16 · Proverbs 7:5 · Ecclesiastes 7:26 · Proverbs 5:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.