Proverbs 17:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁶ 3 He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ 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)

⁶ Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Common English Bible

⁶ Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ 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

⁶ 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

2 And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground.

Genesis 50:23

5 And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, Carry my bones with you out of this place:

1 Kings 11:12

7 Then Adad fled, he and certain Edomites, of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt: and Adad was then a little boy.

1 Kings 15:4

So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, reigned Asa king of Juda,

Exodus 20:12

5 Thou shalt not steal.

Proverbs 13:22

Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest.

Proverbs 16:31

He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.

Malachi 1:6

4 Cursed is the deceitful man that hath in his flock a male, and making a vow offereth in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.