Proverbs 17:6
The crown of old men are children's children; and the ornament of children are their fathers.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw of Ephraim children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Menasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless in thy days will I not do it, for the sake of David thy father; [but] out of the hand of thy son will I rend it.
Job 42:16And Job lived after this one hundred and forty years: and he saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife is [then] as a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house: thy children, like olive-plants round about thy table.
Proverbs 16:31An ornamental crown is the hoary head, on the way of righteousness can it be found.
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 →