Proverbs 22:4-6

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁴ The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate and willful; he who guards himself will be far from them.

⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.^(A)