Proverbs 22:6
Give instruction to a youth about his way, || Even when he is old he does not turn from it.
Literal Standard 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 rules over the poor, || And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only, take heed to yourself, and watch your soul exceedingly, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from your heart all [the] days of your life; and you have made them known to your sons and to your sons’ sons.
Judges 13:12And Manoah says, “Now let Your words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth—and his work?”
1 Samuel 2:26And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and [is] good with both YHWH, and also with men.
Psalms 78:3That we have heard and know, || And our fathers have recounted to us.
2 Timothy 3:15and because you have known the Holy Writings from infancy, which are able to make you wise—to salvation, through faith that [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 →