Proverbs 22:6

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 6:4 : 4 You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
  • Gen 18:19 : 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 Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
  • Ps 78:3-6 : 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; 6 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children's children;
  • 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 Therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh." He worshiped Yahweh there.
  • 1 Sam 12:2-3 : 2 Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day. 3 Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you."
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

    2"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:

    3"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."

    4You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Prov 1:8
    79%

    8My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

  • Prov 6:20-22
    3 verses
    78%

    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

    21Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

    22When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

  • Prov 22:15
    78%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

  • Deut 6:7
    78%

    7and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

  • Prov 22:5
    77%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 19:18
    77%

    18Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

    14Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

  • Prov 23:22
    76%

    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 17:6
    76%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

  • Prov 29:15
    76%

    15The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

  • Prov 4:11
    75%

    11I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;

    19then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;

  • Prov 29:17
    75%

    17Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

  • Prov 1:15
    74%

    15My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

  • Prov 29:21
    74%

    21He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

  • Deut 11:19
    74%

    19You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

  • Prov 5:7
    74%

    7Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:7
    74%

    7The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 8:32
    74%

    32"Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Prov 13:24
    74%

    24One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

  • Prov 4:20
    73%

    20My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

  • Deut 8:5
    73%

    5You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.

  • Prov 23:26
    73%

    26My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

  • Prov 23:24
    73%

    24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 3:11
    73%

    11My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

    2for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.

  • Prov 13:22
    73%

    22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

  • Prov 20:11
    73%

    11Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

  • Ps 78:6
    73%

    6that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

  • Prov 7:1
    73%

    1My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

  • Prov 15:20
    72%

    20A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

  • Prov 3:6
    72%

    6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

  • Eccl 4:13
    72%

    13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

  • Isa 7:16
    72%

    16For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

  • Prov 2:20
    72%

    20that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 3:1
    72%

    1My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

  • Col 3:21
    72%

    21Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.