Proverbs 17:6

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Cross References

Genesis 48:11

Yisra'el said to Yosef, *I didn't think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also.*

Genesis 50:23

Yosef saw Efrayim's children to the third generation. The children also of Makhir, the son of Menasheh, were born on Yosef's knees.

1 Kings 11:12

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

1 Kings 15:4

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

Exodus 20:12

*Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

Malachi 1:6

*A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says the LORD of Armies to you, Kohanim, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'