Proverbs 17:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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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

Israel said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see your face, and here God has let me see your children also.”

Genesis 50:23

Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation; the children of Machir son of Manasseh were also born on Joseph’s knees.

1 Kings 11:12

Yet for the sake of your father David I will not do it in your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

1 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem,

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Proverbs 13:22

The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”