23 For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,(A)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,(B)

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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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נ Nun

105 Your word is a lamp(A) for my feet,
    a light(B) on my path.

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105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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The precepts of the Lord are right,(A)
    giving joy(B) to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
    giving light to the eyes.(C)

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The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,(A) and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light(B) shining in a dark place, until the day dawns(C) and the morning star(D) rises in your hearts.(E)

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19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

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“Furthermore, tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: See, I am setting before you the way of life(A) and the way of death.

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And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

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31 Whoever heeds life-giving correction
    will be at home among the wise.(A)

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31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

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13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
    guard it well, for it is your life.(A)

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13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

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Then he taught me, and he said to me,
    “Take hold(A) of my words with all your heart;
    keep my commands, and you will live.(B)

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He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

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15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
    but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)

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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

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24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
    to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

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18 She is a tree of life(A) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.(B)

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18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

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Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me(A)—that is oil on my head.(B)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

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Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

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98 Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser(A) than my enemies.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.(B)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.(C)

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98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

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