No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
Proverbs 22:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Train up a child in the way he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph. 6:4; II Tim. 3:15.] American Standard Version (1901) Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it. Common English Bible Train children in the way they should go; when they grow old, they won’t depart from it. Catholic Public Domain Version The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it. |
No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise up.
“But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children’s children—
Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.
and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Then Manoah said, “Now when your words come true, what is to be the boy’s rule of life; what is he to do?”
Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.” And they worshiped the Lord there.
Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with the people.