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Context Is Queen - "Train Up a Child" Is Not a Parenting Guarantee

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Mar 10, 2026
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Proverbs 22:6 might be the most guilt-producing verse in the entire Bible.

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (TLV)

It sounds like a promise. It reads like a contract. And for decades it has been taught as one.

Raise your kids right and they’ll turn out fine. If they don’t turn out fine,…

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