Proverbs 22:6 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 22. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 22:6

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 22:6: Here is, 1. A great duty enjoined, particularly to those that are the parents and instructors of children, in order to the propagating of wisdom, that it may not die with them: Train up children in that age of vanity, to keep them from the sins and snares of it, in that learning age, to prepare them for what they are designed for.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 22:6: Train up a child in the way he should go,.... As Abraham trained up his children, and those born in his house, in the way of the Lord, in the paths of justice and judgment; which are the ways in which they should go, and which will be to their profit and advantage; see Gen 14:14; and which is the duty of parents and masters...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 22:6: Train--initiate, or early instruct. the way--literally, "his way," that selected for him in which he should go; for early training secures habitual walking in it.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 22:6: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (d) Bring him up virtuously and he will continue so.