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Proverbs 22:6 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 22 · verse 6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.Proverbs 22:6 · King James Version
What Proverbs 22:6 means
Train up a child in the way he should go is written as a proverb, in a book full of them — how things generally run, not a contract with no exceptions. The way he should go can be read as God's way, or as the bent God gave that particular child. Either way, the training is the parent's part and the outcome is God's.
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Proverbs 22:6 in context
4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ephesians 6:4
- Deuteronomy 6:7
- 2 Timothy 3:15
- Genesis 18:19
- Deuteronomy 4:9
- Psalms 78:3-6
- 1 Samuel 1:28
- 1 Samuel 2:26
Key words (Strong's)
- childnaʻara boy , from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288 →
- waydereka roadH1870 →
- oldzâqênto be oldH2204 →
- gopehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
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Here is, 1. A great duty enjoined, particularly to those that are the parents and instructors of children, in order to the propagating of wisdom, that it may not die with them: Train up children in that age of vanity, to keep them from the sins and snares of it, in that learning age, to prepare them for what they are…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary