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Proverbs 22:6
6Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.
Context of Proverbs 22:6
4Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life. 5In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them. Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. 8Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
Read all of Proverbs 22Proverbs 22:6 word by word
חֲנֹ֣ךְ לַ֭נַּעַר עַל־פִּ֣י דַרְכּ֑וֹ גַּ֥ם כִּֽי־יַ֝זְקִ֗ין לֹֽא־יָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 22:6
- Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
- Deuteronomy 6:7Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Psalms 78:3things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us.
- Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
- 2 Timothy 3:15and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Samuel 1:28So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.
- 1 Samuel 2:26And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.
- 1 Samuel 12:2Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader 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
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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
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