It is an honour to children to have wise and godly parents continued to them, even after they are grown up and settled in the world.
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Proverbs 17:6
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1-28EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1-9Traits of outward dad inward happiness. Happiness depends more on the inward state than on the outward condition Hence— I. CONTENTMENT AS AN ELEMENT OF HAPPINESS. (Proverbs 17:1.) The dry morsel, with rest and quiet in…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 17:6They are so, that is, they should be so, and, if they conduct themselves worthily, they are so. 1. It is an honour to parents when they are old to leave children, and children's children, growing up, that tread in the s…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:6Children's children are the crown of old men (comp. Psalms 127:1-5; Psalms 128:1-6). (For the term "crown," comp. Proverbs 16:18.) Thus St. Paul calls his converts his "joy and crown" (Philippians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 2…Joseph S. Exell and contributors