Proverbs 22:6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

English Standard Version
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

New American Standard Bible
Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

International Standard Version
Train a child in the way appropriate for him, and when he becomes older, he will not turn 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Darby Bible 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.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

22:1 We should be more careful to do that by which we may get and keep a good name, than to raise or add unto a great estate. 2. Divine Providence has so ordered it, that some are rich, and others poor, but all are guilty before God; and at the throne of God's grace the poor are as welcome as the rich. 3. Faith foresees the evil coming upon sinners, and looks to Jesus Christ as the sure refuge from the storm. 4. Where the fear of God is, there will be humility. And much is to be enjoyed by it; spiritual riches, and eternal life at last. 5. The way of sin is vexatious and dangerous. But the way of duty is safe and easy. 6. Train children, not in the way they would go, that of their corrupt hearts, but in the way they should go; in which, if you love them, you would have them go. As soon as possible every child should be led to the knowledge of the Saviour. 7. This shows how important it is for every man to keep out of debt. As to the things of this life, there is a difference between the rich and the poor; but let the poor remember, it is the Lord that made the difference. 8. The power which many abuse, will soon fail them. 9. He that seeks to relieve the wants and miseries of others shall be blessed. 10. Profane scoffers and revilers disturb the peace. 11. God will be the Friend of a man in whose spirit there is no guile; this honour have all the saints. 12. God turns the counsels and designs of treacherous men to their own confusion. 13. The slothful man talks of a lion without, but considers not his real danger from the devil, that roaring lion within, and from his own slothfulness, which kills him. 14. The vile sin of licentiousness commonly besots the mind beyond recovery. 15. Sin is foolishness, it is in the heart, there is an inward inclination to sin: children bring it into the world with them; and it cleaves close to the soul. We all need to be corrected by our heavenly Father. 16. We are but stewards, and must distribute what God intrusts to our care, according to his will.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. Train—initiate, or early instruct.

the way—literally, "his way," that selected for him in which he should go; for early training secures habitual walking in it.