Proverbs 17:6

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.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:31

Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

Proverbs 13:22

The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.

1 Kings 15:4

But for David's sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

1 Kings 11:12

Nevertheless 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.

Genesis 50:23

After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Genesis 48:11

And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee. Moreover God hath shewed me thy seed.

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Malachi 1:6

The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts.