²³ For the commandment is a lamp, And the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light for my path.

⁸ Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

⁵ Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.

¹⁹ We have the more sure word of prophecy; whereunto you do well that you take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the day star arises in your hearts:

⁸ To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

²⁰ To the law and to the testimony! if they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

¹⁵ The rod of correction gives wisdom, But a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

³¹ The ear that listens to reproof lives, And will be at home among the wise.

²⁴ The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.

¹² And say, "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

¹³ Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

⁴ He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

⁵ Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; Don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, For your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept your precepts.

¹⁷ "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.