Proverbs 22:6

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

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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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 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.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.