Myth: Godly Homes Guarantee Godly Kids

August 5, 2012 - Like many other spiritual myths, the idea that a godly home guarantees godly kids finds its source in a well-known, but widely misunderstood, Bible verse. In this case it's Proverbs 22:6, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Most people seem to think this verse PROMISES that a child raised CORRECTLY will come back to the Lord EVENTUALLY. But is that what this verse says?