Proverbs 22:6
חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל ־ פִּי דַרְכּוֹ גַּם כִּֽי ־ יַזְקִין לֹֽא ־ יָסוּר מִמֶּֽנָּה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
5צִנִּים פַּחִים בְּדֶרֶךְ עִקֵּשׁ שׁוֹמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ יִרְחַק מֵהֶֽם ׃
7עָשִׁיר בְּרָשִׁים יִמְשׁוֹל וְעֶבֶד לֹוֶה לְאִישׁ מַלְוֶֽה ׃
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9רַק הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ וּשְׁמֹר נַפְשְׁךָ מְאֹד פֶּן ־ תִּשְׁכַּח אֶת ־ הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר ־ רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ וּפֶן ־ יָסוּרוּ מִלְּבָבְךָ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ וְהוֹדַעְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְלִבְנֵי בָנֶֽיךָ ׃
Judges 13:12וַיֹּאמֶר מָנוֹחַ עַתָּה יָבֹא דְבָרֶיךָ מַה ־ יִּֽהְיֶה מִשְׁפַּט ־ הַנַּעַר וּמַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ ׃
1 Samuel 2:26וְהַנַּעַר שְׁמוּאֵל הֹלֵךְ וְגָדֵל וָטוֹב גַּם עִם ־ יְהוָה וְגַם עִם ־ אֲנָשִֽׁים ׃ ס
Psalms 78:3אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵם וַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ סִפְּרוּ ־ לָֽנוּ ׃
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 →