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22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee;
When thou [a]sleepest, it shall watch over thee;
And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For [b]the commandment is a lamp; and [c]the law is light;
And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the evil woman,
From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:22 Hebrew liest down.
  2. Proverbs 6:23 Or, their commandment
  3. Proverbs 6:23 Or, their teaching

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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