Proverbs 22:6

Proverbs 22:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
• New International Version (NIV)Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.

Context of Proverbs 22:6

4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life. 5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. 8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Proverbs 22:6 word by word

חֲנֹ֣ךְ לַ֭נַּעַר עַל־פִּ֣י דַרְכּ֑וֹ גַּ֥ם כִּֽי־יַ֝זְקִ֗ין לֹֽא־יָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear

• Train upחָנַךְchânak · to dedicateH2596
• a childנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• inעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• he should goפֶּהpeh · lip: wordH6310
• andגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• whenכִּיkîy · forH3588
• he is oldזָקֵןzâqên · be oldH2204
• he will notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• from itמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480

Cross-references for Proverbs 22:6

• Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
• Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
• Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
• Psalms 78:3that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
• Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
• 2 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Samuel 1:28I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
• 1 Samuel 2:26And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
• 1 Samuel 12:2Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

Commentaries on Proverbs 22:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Train up a child in the way he should go - The Hebrew of this clause is curious: דרכו פי על לנער חנך chanoch lannaar al pi darco, "Initiate the child at the opening (the mouth) of his path." When he comes to the opening of the way of life, being able to walk alone, and to choose; stop at this entrance, and begin a series of instructions, how he is to conduct himself in every step he takes. Show him the duties, the dangers, and the blessings of the path…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Train - Initiate, and so, educate. The way he should go - Or, according to the tenor of his way, i. e., the path especially belonging to, especially fitted for, the individual‘s character. The proverb enjoins the closest possible study of each child‘s temperament and the adaptation of “his way of life” to that.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6Verse 6 Train children, not in the way they would go, that of their corrupt hearts, but in the way they should go; in which, if you love them, you would have them go. As soon as possible every child should be led to the knowledge of the Saviour.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Train--initiate, or early instruct. the way--literally, "his way," that selected for him in which he should go; for early training secures habitual walking in it.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 22:6

• Children
• Instruction
• Parents

In the dictionaries

• Evil
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• Proverb
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Commentaries on Proverbs 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings