Proverbs 22:6
Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9But take heede to thy selfe, and keepe thy soule diligently, that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue seene, and that they depart not out of thine heart, all the dayes of thy life: but teach them thy sonnes, and thy sonnes sonnes:
Judges 13:12Then Manoah sayde, Nowe let thy saying come to passe: but howe shall we order the childe and doe vnto him?
1 Samuel 2:26(Nowe the childe Samuel profited and grewe, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men)
Psalms 78:3Which we haue heard and knowen, and our fathers haue tolde vs.
2 Timothy 3:15And that thou hast knowen the holy Scriptures of a childe, which are able to make thee wise vnto saluation, through the faith which is in Christ Iesus.
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 →