22 When you (A)walk about, [a]they will guide you;
When you sleep, [b]they will watch over you;
And when you awake, [c]they will talk to you.
23 For (B)the commandment is a lamp and the [d]teaching is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
24 To (C)keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the [e]adulteress.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:22 Lit she
  2. Proverbs 6:22 Lit she
  3. Proverbs 6:22 Lit she
  4. Proverbs 6:23 Or law
  5. Proverbs 6:24 Lit foreign woman

22 When you walk, they will guide you;
    when you sleep, they will watch over you;
    when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,(A)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,(B)
24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(C)

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