Proverbs 22:6
The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
In Context
7The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9And so, guard yourself and your soul carefully. You should not forget the words that your eyes have seen, and do not let them be cut away from your heart, throughout all the days of your life. You shall teach them to your sons and to your grandsons,
Judges 13:12And Manoah said to him: “When will your word be fulfilled. What do you want the boy to do? Or from what should he keep himself?”
1 Samuel 2:26But the youth Samuel advanced, and grew up, and he was pleasing to the Lord, as well as to men.
Psalms 78:3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one who would bury them.
2 Timothy 3:15And, from your infancy, you have known the Sacred Scriptures, which are able to instruct you toward salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:6
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. Note 1. The way of sin is vexatious and dangerous: In the way of the froward, that crooked way, which is contrary to the will and word of God, thorns and snares are found, thorns of grief for past sins and snares entangling them in further sin. He that makes no conscience of what he says and does will find himself hampered by that imaginary liberty, and tormented by his pleasures. Froward people, who are soon… Read the whole commentary →