Proverbs 22:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 6:4 : 4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.
  • Ps 78:3-6 : 3 Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers. 4 We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done. 5 He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children; 6 So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
  • 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.
  • 1 Sam 12:2-3 : 2 And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now. 3 Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

    2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

    3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.

    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

  • Prov 1:8
    79%

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 6:20-22
    3 verses
    78%

    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

    21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

    22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

  • Prov 22:15
    78%

    15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Deut 6:7
    78%

    7 Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

  • Prov 22:5
    77%

    5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

  • Prov 19:18
    77%

    18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

    14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.

  • Prov 23:22
    76%

    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 17:6
    76%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Prov 29:15
    76%

    15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

  • Prov 4:11
    75%

    11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

    19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

  • Prov 29:17
    75%

    17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 1:15
    74%

    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 29:21
    74%

    21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Deut 11:19
    74%

    19 Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:

  • Prov 5:7
    74%

    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

  • Prov 22:7
    74%

    7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

  • Prov 8:32
    74%

    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

  • Prov 13:24
    74%

    24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

  • Prov 4:20
    73%

    20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

  • Deut 8:5
    73%

    5 Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.

  • Prov 23:26
    73%

    26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Prov 23:24
    73%

    24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 3:11
    73%

    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

    2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

  • Prov 13:22
    73%

    22 The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

  • Prov 20:11
    73%

    11 Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

  • Ps 78:6
    73%

    6 So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

  • Prov 7:1
    73%

    1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

  • Prov 15:20
    72%

    20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

  • Prov 3:6
    72%

    6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

  • Eccl 4:13
    72%

    13 A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

  • Isa 7:16
    72%

    16 For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.

  • Prov 2:20
    72%

    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Prov 3:1
    72%

    1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

  • Col 3:21
    72%

    21 Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.