6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 22:6
A Good Name, Humility, Training, Justice for the Poor, and the Words of the Wise
The chapter moves from reputation and humility, to training and generosity, to discipline and oppression, then into a formal instruction section that calls the learner to receive the words of the wise, protect the poor, avoid anger-shaped companionship, reject rash financial pledges, honor inherited boundaries, and pursue skilled work.
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Verse 6
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Train up חֲנֹ֣ךְ H2596 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular a child לַ֭נַּעַר H5288 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular in עַל־ H5921 Preposition the way דַרְכּ֑וֹ H1870 Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular he should go פִּ֣י H6310 Noun - masculine singular construct and גַּ֥ם H1571 Conjunction when כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction he is old יַ֝זְקִ֗ין H2204 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular he will not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle depart יָס֥וּר H5493 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular from it מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ H4480 Preposition | third person feminine singular