Proverbs 17:6
Old people are proud of their grandchildren, and children are proud of their parents.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
In Context
7Fine words don't suit stupid people, how much less are lies suited to a ruler.
Cross References
Genesis 50:23and saw three generations of his son Ephraim, and the sons of Makir, Manasseh's son, were placed in his lap when they were born.
1 Kings 11:12However, for the sake of your father David, I will not do this in your lifetime—I will take it away from your son.
Job 42:16Job lived 140 years after this, seeing his children, and grandchildren, in fact four generations.
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine growing in your home. Your children will be like the shoots of an olive tree around your table.
Proverbs 16:31Gray hair is a glorious crown; it's achieved by living right.
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 →