Proverbs 22:6
4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- DARBY
- Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- BLB
- Train up a child according to the mouth of his way, and when he grows old, he will not turn aside from it.
- ÅB
- Lær den unge den vei han skal gå! Så viker han ikke fra den, selv når han blir gammel.
- OTB
- Lær opp et barn på den veien han skal gå, så vil han ikke vike fra den selv når han blir gammel.
- B1930
- Lær den unge den vei han skal gå! Så viker han ikke fra den, selv når han blir gammel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:7
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextGenesis 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
Read in contextPsalms 78:3–6
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Read in context1 Samuel 1:28
Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:26
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
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