THEOSISProverbs 17:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.
עֲטֶ֣רֶת זְ֭קֵנִים בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים וְתִפְאֶ֖רֶת בָּנִ֣ים אֲבוֹתָֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 127 (126):3Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table.
- Ps 127 (126):5
- Prov 13:22The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.
- Prov 16:31Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.
- Ps 128 (127):3
- Ps 128 (127):6
- Ex 3:14God 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.
- Ex 3:15And God said again to Moses: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: The Lord God of your fathers the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob hath sent me to you; this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.