Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
BSB
ASV
Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
KJV
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
We must regard the woman's crown to be her husband, and the husband's crown to be marriage; and the flowers of marriage the children of both, which the divine husbandman plucks from meadows of flesh. "Children's children are the crown of old men." And the glory of children is their fathers, it is said; and our glory is the Father of all; and the crown of the whole church is Christ.
Children's children are the crown of old men,.... Ancient parents. Grandfathers with the Jews are called old men, as Buxtorf (d) observes.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
leads to
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over…
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Through
Proverbs 16:31Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
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The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
