Children's: Genesis 50:23, Job 42:16, Job 42:17, Psalms 127:3-Deuteronomy :, Psalms 128:3-Joshua : and the: Exodus 3:14, Exodus 3:15, 1 Kings 11:12, 1 Kings 15:4 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:48 - which Job 21:8 - General Job 29:5 - my children Psalms 107:41 - maketh Psalms 127:4 - so are children Ecclesiastes 6:3 - a man Isaiah 49:18 - thou shalt Jeremiah 8:8 - in vain 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - crown 1 Thessalonians 2:20 - General read more
6. Crown of old men He has had an illustration of this proverb who has met, as the writer has, a venerable patriarch, honoured both for his piety and his intelligence, who counted his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren by scores if not by hundreds, and to whom they all looked up with that veneration and affection which were becoming his years and character. He was as particular about his ספר תולדות , ( sepher toledhoth,) book of genealogy family record as one of the... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 17:6
Pro 17:6 Children’s children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers. Ver. 6. Children’s children are the crown of old men.] That is, if they be not children those who "cause shame," as Proverbs 17:2 , and who disgrace their ancestors - stain their blood; if they obey their parents’ counsel and follow their good example; for otherwise they prove not crowns, but corrosives, to their aged sires, as did Esau, Absalom, Andronicus, and others. And the glory of... read more