Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will n…”

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

World English Bible

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

American Standard Version

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Geneva Bible 1599

Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Bible in Basic English

If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

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Cross references

“a child”

Deuteronomy 6:7 Ephesians 6:4 2 Timothy 3:15 Genesis 18:19 Deuteronomy 4:9 Psalm 78:3–6

Deuteronomy 6:7 · BSB

And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Ephesians 6:4 · BSB

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

2 Timothy 3:15 · BSB

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Genesis 18:19 · BSB

For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

Deuteronomy 4:9 · BSB

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchil…

Psalm 78:3–6 · BSB

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

“when”

1 Samuel 1:28 1 Samuel 2:26 1 Samuel 12:2 1 Samuel 12:3

1 Samuel 1:28 · BSB

I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.

1 Samuel 2:26 · BSB

And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.

1 Samuel 12:2 · BSB

Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

1 Samuel 12:3 · BSB

Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I wi…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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