Proverbs 17:6

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

The crown of eld [or old] men is the sons of sons; and the glory of sons is the fathers of them.

Cross References

Genesis 48:11

and he said to his son, I am not defrauded of thy sight; furthermore God hath showed to me thy seed.

Genesis 50:23

and he saw the sons of Ephraim till to the third generation; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were borne in the knees of Joseph.

1 Kings 11:12

Nevertheless I shall not do it in thy days, for David, thy father; I shall cut it from the hand of thy son;

1 Kings 15:4

But for David, his Lord God gave to him a lantern in Jerusalem, that he should raise his son after him, and that he should stand in Jerusalem;

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou be long living on the land, which thy Lord God shall give to thee.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man shall leave after him heirs, sons, and the sons of sons; and the chattel [or substance] of a sinner is kept to a just [or rightwise] man.

Proverbs 16:31

A crown of dignity is eld age, that shall be found in the ways of rightfulness [or rightwiseness].

Malachi 1:6

The son honoureth the father, and the servant shall dread his lord; therefore if I am the father, where is mine honour? and if I am the lord, where is my dread? saith the Lord of hosts. A! ye priests, to you that despise my name; and ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?