Old Testament · Wisdom
Proverbs 22:6
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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
About Proverbs 22:6
Proverbs 22:6 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on Child Training and Prières et Versets pour les Enseignants. Found in the wisdom of Proverbs, this Old Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
Related Verses
- 1 Corinthians 13:11
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
- 2 Samuel 12:18
“And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?”
- 2 Kings 4:34
“And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.”
- 1 Kings 3:26
“Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.”
- 1 Kings 17:21
“And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.”
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How to Apply Proverbs 22:6
Meditate on Proverbs 22:6 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Child Training applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.