Prov. 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it."
Vs. 15
"Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall
drive it far from him."
This is not a promise as people think but a threat. Perhaps
there is no Proverb in all the collection which has been more frequently quoted
than this; and perhaps also none has been more persistently misunderstood and
misrepresented. It is a brief and complete revelation of the true method of
raising a child. In order to a correct apprehension, everything depends upon
the real meaning of the words "in the way he should go." That is by
no means an inaccurate rendering, but the question arising is: What is the way
in which a child should go? A more literal rendering of the Hebrew at once
answers this question. Such translation would be: "Train up a child in the
way of a child according to his way.'' In vs. 15 we shockingly learn that a
child's way is that of foolishness. A fool is one who does not take God into
account in their life and their actions confirm that belief. Therefore if you
raise a child in the way of foolishness, as is the case for all people apart
from Christ Who is the Lord and Teacher of John 13:13, they have officially
been warned that he, the child, will not depart from it. Today the rod is
politically shunned and is awarded punishment for the usage of that method. The
modern thought of the godless society shun the Creators warnings here.
Cf. Eph. 6:4; 2 Tim 3:15
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