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Proverbs 22 Summary
Proverbs 22 mixes one-line wisdom with the famous call to 'train up a child in the way he should go,' a chapter that touches reputation, generosity, parenting, and money.
The chapter values a good name over riches and reminds rich and poor that the LORD is the maker of them both. Generosity to the poor is honored, and laziness warned against. Plain wisdom for ordinary life.
Verse 6 — 'Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it' — is one of the Bible's most cited lines on parenting. Like all proverbs, it states a generally observable truth that God uses to shape a life over time.
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