Proverbs 17:6
Childers children are a crowne of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
In Context
7Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.
Cross References
Genesis 50:23And Ioseph sawe Ephraims children euen vnto the thirde generation: and vnto Machir the sonne of Manasses, were chyldren borne on Iosephes knees.
Proverbs 16:31Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse.
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 →