Bible verse
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 22.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
KJV
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
ASV
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
ERV
Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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