22 (A)When you roam, [a]they will lead you;
When you sleep, (B)they will keep you;
And when you awake, they will speak with you.
23 (C)For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
24 (D)To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:22 Lit. it

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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