Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: Here the adjuncts of good precepts given by godly parents are set down, which show the good to be gotten from them. I. GODLY PARENTS HAVE MANY WAYS TO GUIDE THEIR CHILDREN. By commands, laws, wise reproofs, examples. II. DIRECTIONS OF GODLY PARENTS ARE A GREAT HELP TO SHOW US THE RIGHT PATHS OF LIFE. 1. Godly parents are careful that their directions should agree with God's Word. 2. And they have walked themselves in the ways which they command. III. WISE REPROOFS ARE VERY PROFITABLE FROM A WISE MAN. 1. They are useful in the Church and commonwealth and family. 2. Because as instructions keep men from sinful courses, so reproofs bring men out of them and back to good ways again. Then be more careful to give reproofs to your friends. Be patient in bearing reproof, and make a good use of it. (Francis Taylor, B. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:WEB: For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life, |
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