George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 17:6
Fathers. Whose virtues they are bound to imitate.
Fathers. Whose virtues they are bound to imitate.
The reciprocity of good in sustained family relationships. A long line of children’s children is the glory of old age, a long line of ancestors the glory of their descendants....
CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes (Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
CHILDREN'S. Sons'....
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CHAPTER 17 TEXT Proverbs 17:1-10 1. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife. 2. A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that ca...
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 - a reciproc...
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 17 V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place. But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there are arguments....
This is how God wants families to behave. Grandparents should be proud of their grandchildren. Children should be proud of their parents. However, evil behaviour prevents this. See Proverbs 10:1. If w...
CHILDREN’S CHILDREN ARE THE CROWN OF OLD MEN. — Comp. Psalms 127, 128. THE GLORY OF CHILDREN ARE THEIR FATHERS. — And, as such, to be honoured by them. For the blessing which parents bring to children...
עֲטֶ֣רֶת זְ֭קֵנִים בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים וְ תִפְאֶ֖רֶת...
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to h...
Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
CHILDREN'S CHILDREN [ARE] THE CROWN OF OLD MEN,.... Ancient parents. Grandfathers with the Jews are called old men, as Buxtorf d observes. A numerous progeny was reckoned a great blessing to a man; to...
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...
_Children's children are the crown of old men_ It is an honour to parents, when they are old, to leave children, and children's children growing up, that tread in the steps of their virtues, and are l...
V. 6. CHILDREN'S CHILDREN ARE THE CROWN OF OLD MEN, it is a blessing of the Lord and a source of honor and pride to the gray-headed if they see their offspring to the third generation, for the happine...
THE CROWN OF OLD MEN; their honour and happiness, because they are in themselves blessings of God, and testimonies of God's favour, although sometimes they may become the shame of their father's house...
Proverbs 17:6 Childrens H1121 children H1121 crown H5850 men H2205 glory H8597 children H1121 father H1 Children's -...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech. KEY W...
Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See Proverbs 15:17. Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:6_ FATHERS AND CHILDREN Two things are implied in this proberb:—First, that the fathers are good men. An aged man who is not a godly man cannot in any sense reflect an...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1). Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in that economy the of the Judai...
1 Kings 11:12; 1 Kings 15:4; Exodus 3:14; Exodus 3:15; Genesis 50:23;...