Proverbs 17:6

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Childers children are a worshipe vnto the elders, and the fathers are the honor of the children.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 127:3-5 : 3 It is but lost labour that ye ryse vp early, and take no rest, but eate the bred of carefulnesse: for loke to whom it pleaseth him, he geueth it in slepe. 4 Lo, children and ye frute of the wombe are an heretage and gift, that cometh of the LORDE. 5 Like as the arowes in the hode of the giaute, eue so are the yonge childre. Happie is the ma, yt hath his quyuer full of them: they shal not be ashamed, when they speake with their enemies in the gate.
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 Age is a crowne of worshipe, yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes.
  • Ps 128:3-6 : 3 Thy wife shalbe as a frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house. 4 Thy children like the olyue braunches roude aboute yi table. 5 Lo, thus shal ye ma be blessed, yt feareth the LORDE. 6 The LORDE shal so blesse the out of Sion, that thou shalt se Ierusale in prosperite all thy life longe. Yee that thou shalt se thy childers childre, & peace vpo Israel.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.
  • Gen 50:23 : 23 and sawe Ephrayms children, vnto ye thirde generacion: In like maner the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses, begat children also vpon Iosephs lappe.
  • Exod 3:14-15 : 14 God saide vnto Moses: I wyl be what I wyll be. And he sayde: Thus shalt thou saye vnto ye children of Israel: I wyl he hath sent me vnto you. 15 And God sayde morouer vnto Moses: Thus shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel: The LORDE God of youre fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, ye God of Iacob hath sent me vnto you, this is my name for euer, and my memoriall from childe to childes childe.
  • 1 Kgs 11:12 : 12 Neruertheles in yi tyme will I not do it, for thy father Dauids sake, but from the hande of thy sonne wyl I plucke it.
  • 1 Kgs 15:4 : 4 For because of Dauids sake dyd the LORDE his God geue him a lanterne at Ierusalem, so yt he raysed his sonne after him, & manteyned him at Ierusalem,
  • Job 42:16-17 : 16 After this lyued Iob xl. yeares, so that he sawe his children, & his childers children vnto the fourth generacion. 17 And so he dyed, beinge olde & of a perfecte age.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 45:16
    77%

    16With ioye and gladnesse shal they be brought, and go in to the kynges palace.

  • Ps 127:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3It is but lost labour that ye ryse vp early, and take no rest, but eate the bred of carefulnesse: for loke to whom it pleaseth him, he geueth it in slepe.

    4Lo, children and ye frute of the wombe are an heretage and gift, that cometh of the LORDE.

  • Prov 16:31
    76%

    31Age is a crowne of worshipe, yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes.

  • Prov 17:5
    76%

    5Who so laugheth ye poore to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he yt is glad of another mans hurte, shal not be vnpunyshed.

  • Prov 20:29
    76%

    29The strength of yonge men is their worshipe, & a gray heade, is an honor vnto ye aged.

  • Prov 17:7
    76%

    7An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.

  • Prov 23:24-25
    2 verses
    76%

    24(for a righteous father is maruelous glad of a wyse sonne, & delyteth in hi)

    25so shal thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare the, shal reioyse.

  • Prov 22:6
    76%

    6Yf thou teachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go, he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

  • Prov 20:7
    75%

    7Who so ledeth a godly and an innocent life, happie shal his children be, whom he leaueth behynde him.

  • Joel 1:3
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    3Tell youre children of it, & let them shewe it vnto their children, & so they to certifie their posterite therof.

  • Prov 17:25
    74%

    25An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and heuynesse vnto his mother yt bare him.

  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    74%

    1Ye children, obey youre elders in the LORDE, for that is righte.

    2Honoure thy father and thy mother ( That is the first commaundement, that hath eny promes)

    3that thou mayest prospere, and lyue longe vpon earth.

    4And ye fathers, prouoke not youre children vnto wrath, but brynge the vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE.

  • Ps 78:6
    74%

    6That their posterite might knowe it, and the children which were yet vnborne.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13A poore childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kinge, that doteth, and can not bewarre in tyme to come.

  • Prov 30:11
    74%

    11He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpo the generacion of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

  • Prov 1:8-9
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    8My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, and forsake not the lawe of yi mother:

    9for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade, & shalbe a cheyne aboute thy necke.

  • Ps 90:16
    73%

    16Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke, & their children thy glory.

  • Prov 15:20
    73%

    20A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother.

  • Prov 13:22
    73%

    22Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.

  • Prov 10:1
    73%

    1These are prouerbes of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse of his mother.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.

  • Job 14:21
    72%

    21Whether his children come to worshipe or no, he can not tell: And yf they be men of lowe degre, he knoweth not.

  • Prov 29:17
    72%

    17Nurtoure thy sonne with correccion, and he shal comforte the, yee he shal do the good at thine hert.

  • Prov 3:35
    72%

    35The wyse shal haue honor in possession, but shame is the promocio that fooles shal haue.

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11My sonne, be wyse, and thou shalt make me a glad herte: so that I shal make answere vnto my rebukers.

  • Isa 3:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4And I shal geue you children to be youre prynces (saieth the LORDE) and babes shall haue the rule of you.

    5One shall euer be doinge violence and wronge to another. The boye shal presume agaynst the elder, and the vyle persone agaynst the honorable.

  • Prov 17:2
    72%

    2A discrete seruaut shal haue more rule then the sonnes yt haue no wysdome, and shal haue like heretage wt the brethren.

  • Ps 128:6
    72%

    6The LORDE shal so blesse the out of Sion, that thou shalt se Ierusale in prosperite all thy life longe. Yee that thou shalt se thy childers childre, & peace vpo Israel.

  • Job 17:5
    72%

    5He promiseth his fredes parte of his good, but his owne childre spende it.

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the, and despyse not thy mother whan she is olde.

  • Ps 148:12
    72%

    12Yonge men & maydes, olde men and children.

  • Prov 14:26
    72%

    26The feare of the LORDE is a stroge holde, for vnto his he wyl be a sure defence.

  • Col 3:21
    71%

    21Ye fathers, rate not yor children, lest they be of a desperate mynde.

  • Prov 19:26
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    26He yt hurteth his father or shuteth out his mother, is a shamefull & an vnworthy sonne.

  • Ps 112:2
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    2His sede shall be mightie vpon earth, the generacion of the faithfull shalbe blessed.

  • Ps 89:30
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    30His sede wil I make to endure for euer, yee and his Trone as the dayes of heauen.

  • Prov 4:1
    71%

    1Heare (O ye children) the fatherly exortacio, & take good hede, that ye maye lerne wy?dome.

  • Prov 31:28
    71%

    28Hir children arise & call hir blessed, & hir hu?bande maketh moch of her.

  • Deut 32:7
    71%

    7Remembre the dayes that are past, considre the yeares of the generacions afore tyme. Axe thy father, he shall shewe the: thine elders, they shal tell the.

  • Prov 8:32
    71%

    32Therfore harken vnto me (o ye children) for blessed are they that kepe my wayes.

  • Ps 17:14
    71%

    14Fro the men of thy honde (o LORDE) from the men off the worlde, which haue their porcion in this life: whose belies thou fyllest with thy treasure.

  • Ps 144:12
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    12That or sonnes maye growe vp as the yoge plantes, and that oure doughters maye be as the polished corners of the temple.