Proverbs 22:6

Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Darby Translation

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

5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

7The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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Cross References

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),

Judges 13:12And Manoah said, When thy words then come to pass, what shall be the child's manner and his doing?

1 Samuel 2:26And the boy Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with Jehovah and also with men.

Psalms 78:3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:

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.

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 →

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