Proverbs 22:4-6

New American Standard Bible

⁴The reward of humility and ^[a]the fear of the Lord
Are riches, honor, and life.
⁵^(A)Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
One who guards himself will be far from them.
⁶^(B)Train up a child ^[b]in the way he should go,
Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 22:4 Or reverence for
Proverbs 22:6 Lit according to his way

Proverbs 22:4-6

New International Version

⁴Humility is the fear of the Lord;
its wages are riches and honor^(A) and life.^(B)

⁵In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,^(C)
but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

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

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