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23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
    and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,(A)

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105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
    and a light to my path.(A)

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19 So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.(A)

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the precepts of the Lord are right,
    rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is clear,
    enlightening the eyes;(A)

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31 The ear that heeds wholesome admonition
    will lodge among the wise.

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13 Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
    guard her, for she is your life.

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And to this people you shall say: Thus says the Lord: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.(A)

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he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    keep my commandments and live.(A)

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98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
    for it is always with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for your decrees are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the aged,
    for I keep your precepts.(A)

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Let the righteous strike me;
    let the faithful correct me.
Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head,[a]
    for my prayer is continually[b] against their wicked deeds.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 141.5 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 141.5 Cn: Heb for continually and my prayer

15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.(A)

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24 For the wise the path of life leads upward,
    in order to avoid Sheol below.(A)

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18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;
    those who hold her fast are called happy.(A)

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