Proverbs 17:6
a The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
In Context
7Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
Cross References
Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation; and the sons of Machir the son of Manasse were borne on the + 50:23 Gr. thighs.sides of Joseph.
1 Kings 11:12Only in thy days I will not do + 11:12 Gr. them.it for David thy father's sake: but I will take it out of the hand of thy son.
Job 42:16And Job lived after his affliction a hundred and seventy years: and all the years he lived were two hundred and forty: and Job saw his sons and his sons' sons, the fourth generation.
Psalms 128:3The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their + 128:3 שיך iniquity, easily read for שוכה a furrow.iniquity.
Proverbs 16:31Old age is a crown of + 16:31 Gr. boasting.honour, but it is found in the ways 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 →