Proverbs 22:6

In 10 translations

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.Train…: or, Catechisein…: Heb. in his way

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.

LSV

Give instruction to a youth about his way, || Even when he is old he does not turn from it.

YLT

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

DBY

Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

DRC

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

GNV

Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

JPS

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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Original-language editions

WLC

חֲנֹ֣ךְ לַ֭נַּעַר עַל־פִּ֣י דַרְכּ֑וֹ גַּ֥ם כִּֽי־יַ֝זְקִ֗ין לֹֽא־יָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
• 2 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
• Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and…
• Psalms 78:3–6that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has…
• 1 Samuel 1:28I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
• 1 Samuel 2:26And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
• 1 Samuel 12:2–3Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day. Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His…

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