Proverbs 17:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers. [Ps. 127:3; 128:3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Common English Bible

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Sons of sons are the crown of old age. And the glory of sons is their fathers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.

Proverbs 17:6 Cross References

Genesis 48:11

And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.

Genesis 50:23

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.

1 Kings 11:12

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

1 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

Proverbs 16:31

The hoary head is a crown of glory, It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Malachi 1:6

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?