Proverbs 22:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁶Train children in the right way,
and when old, they will not stray.^(A)

Proverbs 22:6

International Standard Version

⁶Train a child in the way appropriate for him,
and when he becomes older, he will not turn from it.

⁶Start^(A) children off on the way they should go,^(B)
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.^(C)

¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far away.^(A)

¹⁵A child’s heart has a tendency to do wrong,
but the rod of discipline removes it far away from him.

¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.^(A)

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

International Standard Version (ISV)

New International Version (NIV)