Proverbs 22:6

6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

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Proverbs 22:6 in Other Translations

KJV
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
ESV
6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
NLT
6 Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.
MSG
6 Point your kids in the right direction - when they're old they won't be lost.
CSB
6 Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6 In-Context

4 Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.
5 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.

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