Proverbs 17:6
Bnei banim are the ateret of zekenim; 1 and the tiferet of banim are their avot. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
7Eloquent speech becometh not a naval (fool), 1 much less do lying sfatayim (lips) a ruler. 1
Cross References
Genesis 50:23And Yosef saw Ephrayimʼs bnei shileshim (children to the third generation); also the Bnei Machir Ben Menasheh were brought up upon the birkei Yosef (knees of Yosef).
1 Kings 11:12Notwithstanding in thy yamim I will not do it lema'an (for the sake of) Dovid Avicha; but I will tear it out of the yad binecha (power of thy son).
Job 42:16After this lived Iyov an hundred and forty shanah, and saw his banim, and his banei banim, even arba'ah dorot.
Psalms 128:3Thy isha shall be as a fruitful gefen 1 inside thine bais; 1 thy banim like olive shoots 1 around thy shulchan. 1
Proverbs 16:31The silvery hair is an ateret tiferet; 1 it is found in the derech tzedakah. 1
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 →