Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
In Context
7Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.
Cross References
Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, came to birth on Joseph's knees.
1 Kings 11:12I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.
Job 42:16And after this Job had a hundred and forty years of life, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.
Proverbs 16:31The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:6
5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. See here, 1. What a great sin those are guilty of who trample upon the poor, who ridicule their wants and the meanness of their appearance, upbraid them with their poverty, and take advantage from their weakness to be abusive and injurious to them. They reproach their Maker, put a great contempt and affront upon him, who allotted the poor to the condition they are in, owns them, and takes care of them, and… Read the whole commentary →