Proverbs 6:23 (WEB)
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Fathers and councils · 3
Clement of Alexandria
““How long wilt thou lie in bed, O sluggard; and when wilt thou be aroused from sleep?” “but if thou show thyself no sluggard, as a fountain thy harvest shall come,” the “Word of the Father, the benign light, the Lord that bringeth light, faith to all, and salvation.”” — editor's note: Prov. vi. 23.
Read the whole comment““The good commandment,” then, according to the Scripture, “is a lamp, and the law is a light to the path; for instruction corrects the ways of life.”” — editor's note: Prov. vi. 23.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“VI. Light was also the firstborn commandment given to the firstborn man (for the commandment of the Law is a lamp and a light; and again, Because Thy judgments are a light upon the earth); although the envious darkness crept in and wrought wickedness.” — editor's note: Prov. vi. 23.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.29.