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

train up a child

Genesis 18:19 For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.

Deuteronomy 4:9 Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,

Deuteronomy 6:7 And thou shalt tell them to thy children, and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping and rising.

Psalm 78:3-6 How great things have we heard and known, and our fathers have told us. . . .

Ephesians 6:4 And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger: but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord.

2 Timothy 3:15 And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures which can instruct thee to salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

the way

1 Samuel 1:28 Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord all the days of his life, he shall be lent to the Lord. And they adored the Lord there. And Anna prayed, and said:

1 Samuel 2:26 But the child Samuel advanced, and grew on, and pleased both the Lord and men.

1 Samuel 12:2,3 And now the king goeth before you: but I am old and greyheaded: and my sons are with you: having then conversed with you from my youth until this day, behold here I am. . . .

Context
A Good Name
5Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them. 6It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old, he will not depart from it.7The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.…
Cross References
Ephesians 6:4
And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger: but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:9
Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,

Deuteronomy 11:19
Teach your children that they meditate on them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest on the way, and when thou liest down and risest up.

Lexicon
Train up
חֲנֹ֣ךְ (ḥă·nōḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2596: To narrow, to initiate, discipline

a child
לַ֭נַּעַר (lan·na·‘ar)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the way
דַרְכּ֑וֹ (ḏar·kōw)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

he should go,
פִּ֣י (pî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

and
גַּ֥ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

when
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he is old
יַ֝זְקִ֗ין (yaz·qîn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2204: To be or become old

he will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

depart
יָס֥וּר (yā·sūr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

from it.
מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ (mim·men·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of


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

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

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

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

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

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

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