Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
In Context
7Excellent speech becometh not a vile [man]; how much less do lying lips a noble!
Cross References
Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]; the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.
1 Kings 11:12notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake; I will rend it out of the hand of thy son;
Job 42:16And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
Proverbs 16:31The hoary head is a crown of glory, [if] it is found 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 →