6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:6
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 6
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Grandchildrenבְּנֵ֣יH1121Noun - masculine plural construct. . .בָנִ֑יםH1121Noun - masculine pluralare the crownעֲטֶ֣רֶתH5850Noun - feminine singular constructof the agedזְ֭קֵנִיםH2205Adjective - masculine pluraland the gloryוְתִפְאֶ֖רֶתH8597Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructof a sonבָּנִ֣יםH1121Noun - masculine pluralis his fatherאֲבוֹתָֽם׃H1Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural