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 reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life. 5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them. Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it. 7The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender. 8He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.

Proverbs 22:6 word by word

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

• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• oldזָקֵןzâqên · be oldH2204
• departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493

Cross-references for Proverbs 22:6

• Genesis 18:19For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.
• Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
• Deuteronomy 6:7and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Psalms 78:3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:
• Ephesians 6:4And [ye] fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in [the] discipline and admonition of [the] Lord.
• 2 Timothy 3:15and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Samuel 1:28And also I have lent him to Jehovah: all the days that he lives, he is lent to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there.
• 1 Samuel 2:26And the boy Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with Jehovah and also with men.
• 1 Samuel 12:2And now behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and grey-headed; and behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth up to 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

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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