Proverbs 17:6
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Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.

Genesis 48:11
And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee; moreover God hath shewn me thy seed.

Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Psalm 128:6
And mayst thou see thy children's children, peace upon Israel.

Proverbs 13:22
The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.

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.

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Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.

children's

Genesis 50:23 And he saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the sons of Manasses, were born on Joseph's knees.

Job 42:16,17 And Job lived after these things, a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children's children, unto the fourth generation, . . .

Psalm 127:3-5 Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb. . . .

Psalm 128:3-6 Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table. . . .

and the

Exodus 3:14,15 God said to Moses: I AM WHO AM. He said: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: HE WHO IS, hath sent me to you. . . .

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.

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:

Context
Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
5He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his maker: and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished. 6Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.7Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.…
Lexicon
Grandchildren
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

are the crown
עֲטֶ֣רֶת (‘ă·ṭe·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5850: A crown, wreath

of the aged,
זְ֭קֵנִים (zə·qê·nîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old

and the glory
וְתִפְאֶ֖רֶת (wə·ṯip̄·’e·reṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8597: Beauty, glory

of a son
בָּנִ֣ים (bā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

is his father.
אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father


Additional Translations
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

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

Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.

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

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

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers.

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

Sons' sons are the crown of old men, And the glory of sons are their fathers.
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