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Train the child concerning his way;[a]
    even when he is old, he will not stray from it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Literally “on the mouth of his way”

Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Hebrew according to his way.

22 Listen to your father—he who gave you life,[a]
    and do not despise your mother when[b] she is old.
23 Buy truth and do not sell it,
    wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will surely rejoice;
    he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.
25 May your father and your mother be glad,
    and may she who bore you rejoice.

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  1. Proverbs 23:22 Literally “caused you to be born”
  2. Proverbs 23:22 Or “for, because”

22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee,
And despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not;
Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
25 Let thy father and thy mother be glad,
And let her that bare thee rejoice.

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24 He who robs his father and his mother and says, “There is no crime,”
    is partner to a man who corrupts.

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24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression,
The same is the companion of a destroyer.

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