6Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.


In Context

3 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

4 The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

6 Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, 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 unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.

Proverbs 22:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:6It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.