Devine Scripture

Proverbs 22:6

Proverbs chapter 22 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.5Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

v.6This passage

v.7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ephesians 6:4

    And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 6:7

    and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;

  • Genesis 18:19

    For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

  • 2 Timothy 3:15

    and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

  • Psalms 78:3

    Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.