Proverbs 22:6
If you train/teach children to do what is right, all during their life they will act/behave in that manner.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9“But be very careful! [DOU, IDM] Do not forget what you [SYN] have seen God do. Remember those things as long as you are alive. Tell them to your children and your grandchildren.
Judges 13:12Manoah asked him, “When what you promised occurs and my wife gives birth to a son, what rules must he obey, and what work will he do when he grows up?”
1 Samuel 2:26The boy Samuel continued to grow up, and the things that he did pleased Yahweh and the people.
Psalms 78:3things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
2 Timothy 3:15From the time when you were a child you have known the holy writings/Scriptures. You now know that they enabled you to become wise so that God saved you because of your believing 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 →