Proverbs 6:22 {23}
Good News Translation
Their teaching will lead you when you travel, protect you at night, and advise you during the day.

New Revised Standard Version
When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.

Contemporary English Version
Their teaching will guide you when you walk, protect you when you sleep, and talk to you when you are awake.

New American Bible
When you lie down they will watch over you, when you wake, they will share your concerns; wherever you turn, they will guide you.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.…
Cross References
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.

Proverbs 6:21
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