Proverbs 17:6
The crown of eld men is the sons of sons; and the glory of sons is the fathers of them.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 he saw the sons of Ephraim till to the third generation; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were borne in the knees of Joseph (or were brought up on Joseph’s knees).
1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless I shall not do (it) in thy days, for David, thy father (or for the sake of thy father David); I shall cut it (off) from the hand of thy son;
Job 42:16Forsooth Job lived after these beatings, or scourgings, an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and the sons of his sons, till to the fourth generation; (And after these tribulations, Job lived a hundred and forty years, and he saw his sons, and the sons of his sons, unto the fourth generation;)
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a plenteous vine; in the sides of thine house. Thy sons as the new springs of olive trees; in the compass of thy board. (Thy wife shall be like a fruitful vine; by the side of thy house. And thy sons and thy daughters shall be like the new branches of olive trees; all around thy table.)
Proverbs 16:31A crown of dignity is eld (age), that shall be found in the ways of rightfulness.
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 →