For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
“And to this people you shall say: ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.
Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.
Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.
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