Proverbs 17:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Childers children are a crowne of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Beholde, chyldren be the inheritage of God: and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde. 4 Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong: euen so are the chyldren of youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath filled his quiuer with them: they shall not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate.
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse.
  • Ps 128:3-6 : 3 Thy wyfe shalbe as a fruitfull vine: vpon the sides of thyne house. Thy chyldren shalbe like oliue braunches: rounde about thy table. 4 Beholde, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God. 5 God wyll blesse thee out of Sion: and thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all the dayes of thy lyfe. 6 Yea thou shalt see thy chylders chyldren: and peace vpon Israel.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children, & the riches of ye sinner is layde vp for the iust.
  • Gen 50:23 : 23 And Ioseph sawe Ephraims children euen vnto the thirde generation: and vnto Machir the sonne of Manasses, were chyldren borne on Iosephes knees.
  • Exod 3:14-15 : 14 And God aunswered Moyses: I am that I am. And he said: This shalt thou say vnto the chyldren of Israel, I am, hath sent me vnto you. 15 And God spake further vnto Moyses, Thus shalt thou say vnto the chyldren of Israel: The Lorde God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob hath sent me vnto you: This is my name for euer, and this is my memoriall into generation and generation.
  • 1 Kgs 11:12 : 12 Notwithstanding, in thy dayes I will not do it, because of Dauid thy father: but wil take it fro the hand of thy sonne.
  • 1 Kgs 15:4 : 4 Neuerthelesse, for Dauids sake did the Lorde his God geue him a lyght in Hierusalem, that he set vp his sonne after him, and stablished Hierusalem:
  • Job 42:16-17 : 16 After this liued Iob an hundred and fourtie yeres: so that he sawe his children, and his childrens children into the fourth generation. 17 And so Iob dyed, being olde, and of a perfect age.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 45:16
    77%

    16 In steade of thy fathers, thou shalt haue children: whom thou mayst make princes in all landes.

  • Ps 127:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 Beholde, chyldren be the inheritage of God: and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde.

    4 Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong: euen so are the chyldren of youth.

  • Prov 16:31
    76%

    31 Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse.

  • Prov 17:5
    76%

    5 Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished.

  • Prov 20:29
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    29 The strength of young men is their worship, and a gray head is an honour vnto the aged.

  • Prov 17:7
    76%

    7 Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.

  • Prov 23:24-25
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    76%

    24 The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym.

    25 Do so that thy father and mother may be glad of thee, and that she that bare thee may reioyce.

  • Prov 22:6
    76%

    6 Teache a chylde what way he should go: for he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

  • Prov 20:7
    75%

    7 The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly, shalbe blessed after hym.

  • Joel 1:3
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    3 Of this thyng tell your children, and let your children shewe it to their children, and their children to their posteritie afterwarde.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25 An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    74%

    1 Chyldren, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde: for this is ryght.

    2 Honour thy father and mother (whiche is the first commaundement in promise)

    3 That thou mayest prosper, and lyue long on earth.

    4 Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde.

  • Ps 78:6
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    6 To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it, and children whiche shalbe borne: that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13 A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.

  • Prov 30:11
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    11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother.

  • Prov 1:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother:

    9 For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and as a chayne about thy necke.

  • Ps 90:16
    73%

    16 Let thy worke appeare in thy seruauntes: and thy glory in their children.

  • Prov 15:20
    73%

    20 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother.

  • Prov 13:22
    73%

    22 He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children, & the riches of ye sinner is layde vp for the iust.

  • Prov 10:1
    73%

    1 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21 He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Job 14:21
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    21 And whether his children come to worship or no, he can not tell: And if they be men of lowe degree, he knoweth not.

  • Prov 29:17
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    17 Nurture thy sonne with correction, and thou shalt be at rest: yea, he shall do thee good at thine heart.

  • Prov 3:35
    72%

    35 The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue.

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11 My sonne be wyse, and make me a glad heart, that I may make aunswere vnto my rebukers.

  • Isa 3:4-5
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    72%

    4 And I shall geue children to be their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

    5 And the people shall eche one of them violently oppresse another, and euery one agaynst his neyghbour: The boy shall presume agaynst the elder, and the person of lowe degree agaynst the honorable.

  • Prov 17:2
    72%

    2 A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren.

  • Ps 128:6
    72%

    6 Yea thou shalt see thy chylders chyldren: and peace vpon Israel.

  • Job 17:5
    72%

    5 He that speaketh flatterie to his friend, the eyes of his children shall fayle.

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22 Geue eare vnto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.

  • Ps 148:12
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    12 Young men and maydens, olde men with children,

  • Prov 14:26
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    26 In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength: and his children are vnder a sure defence.

  • Col 3:21
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    21 Fathers, prouoke not your chyldren to anger, lest they be discouraged.

  • Prov 19:26
    71%

    26 He that hurteth his father, or shutteth out his mother, is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne.

  • Ps 112:2
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    2 His seede shalbe mightie vpon the earth: the generation of them that dwell vprightly, shalbe blessed.

  • Ps 89:30
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    30 But if his chyldren forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgement:

  • Prov 4:1
    71%

    1 Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 31:28
    71%

    28 Her children arise vp & call her blessed: and her husbande shall make much of her.

  • Deut 32:7
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    7 Remember the dayes of the worlde that is past, consider the yeres of so many generations: Aske thy father, and he wyll shewe thee, thy elders, and they wyll tell thee.

  • Prov 8:32
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    32 Therefore hearken vnto me: O ye chyldren, blessed are they that kepe my wayes.

  • Ps 17:14
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    14 Whose children haue aboundaunce: & they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes.

  • Ps 144:12
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    12 That our sonnes may growe vp in their youth as young plantes: that our daughters may be as corners stones grauen after the fashion as a palace is.