Proverbs 22:6

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.

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Proverbs 22:6 in other translations

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

Proverbs 22:6 · World English Bible

Proverbs 22:6 in context

  1. 4The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.
  2. 5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
  3. 6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
  4. 7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
  5. 8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

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