Proverbs 22:6 meaning and explanation
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6, Berean Standard Bible
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This is a fatherly instruction from Israel's wisdom tradition, addressed to a child or student. The Hebrew verb hanak means to start something off, to dedicate or set it going, so the image is of giving a child a direction from the beginning rather than correcting them late.
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