Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of the aged, And their fathers the glory of sons.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
In Context
5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; He that is glad at calamities shall not go unpunished.
7Excellent speech becometh not the base; How much less lying lips the noble!
Cross References
Job 42:16And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be like a fruitful vine within thy house; Thy children like olive-branches round about thy table.
Proverbs 16:31The hoary head is a crown of glory, If it be 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 →