Proverbs 6:22 {23}
Cross References

Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Proverbs 2:11
That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

Proverbs 3:23
If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Proverbs 3:24
Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.

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Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Proverbs 2:11 That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

Proverbs 3:23,24 If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet. . . .

Psalm 17:4 That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.

Psalm 43:3 Sent forth thy light and thy truth: they have conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles.

Psalm 119:9,11,24,54,97,148 By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words. . . .

Daniel 11:18-21 And he shall turn his face to the islands, and shall take many: and he shall cause the prince of his reproach to cease, and his reproach shall be turned upon him. . . .

Context
Warnings Against Adultery
21When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee, and when thou awakest, talk with them. 22Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:23That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.…
Lexicon
When you walk,
בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ֨ ׀ (bə·hiṯ·hal·leḵ·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

they will guide you;
תַּנְחֶ֬ה (tan·ḥeh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5148: To guide, to transport

when you
אֹתָ֗ךְ (’ō·ṯāḵ)
Direct object marker | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

lie down,
בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָ (bə·šā·ḵə·bə·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

they will watch
תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר (tiš·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

over you;
עָלֶ֑יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

when you awake,
וַ֝הֲקִיצ֗וֹתָ (wa·hă·qî·ṣō·w·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6974: Arise, be awake, watch

they
הִ֣יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will speak to you.
תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃ (ṯə·śî·ḥe·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7878: To muse, complain, talk (of)


Additional Translations
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you wake, it shall talk with you.

When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; that it may talk with thee when thou wakest.

when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh with thee.
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