Proverbs 22:6
Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
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Referenced Verses
- Eph 6:4 : 4 And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
- 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise -- to salvation, through faith that `is' in Christ Jesus;
- Gen 18:19 : 19 for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'
- Deut 6:7 : 7 and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,
- Ps 78:3-6 : 3 That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us. 4 We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done. 5 And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons. 6 So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
- Deut 4:9 : 9 `Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.
- 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 and also I have caused him to be asked for Jehovah, all the days that he hath lived -- he is asked for Jehovah;' and he boweth himself there before Jehovah.
- 1 Sam 12:2-3 : 2 and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they `are' with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day. 3 `Lo, here `am' I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? -- and I restore to you.'
- 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and `is' good both with Jehovah, and also with men.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Eph 6:1-44 verses79%
1 The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;
2 honour thy father and mother,
3 which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'
4 And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
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8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
- Prov 6:20-223 verses78%
20 Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
21 Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
22 In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh `with' thee.
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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
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7 and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,
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5 Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
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18 Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.
- Prov 23:13-142 verses77%
13 Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.
14 Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.
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22 Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
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6 Sons' sons `are' the crown of old men, And the glory of sons `are' their fathers.
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15 A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.
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11 In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
- Deut 21:18-192 verses75%
18 `When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --
19 then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place,
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17 Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.
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15 My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,
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21 Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, `At' his latter end also he is continuator.
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19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
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19 and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,
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7 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
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7 The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant `is' the borrower to the lender.
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32 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.
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24 Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.
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20 My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
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5 and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,
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26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
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24 The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.
- Prov 19:26-272 verses73%
26 Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.
27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.
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11 Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
- Prov 4:1-22 verses73%
1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
2 For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
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22 A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous `is' the sinner's wealth.
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11 Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.
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6 So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
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1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
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20 A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
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6 In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
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13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.
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16 For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.
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20 That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
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1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
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21 the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.