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Proverbs 17:6 (WEB)
Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children is their parents.

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§2219Article 4 · The Fourth CommandmentRead at vatican.va
“"Grandchildren are the crown of the aged."” — Catechism footnote: Prov 17:6.

Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 6
“For to the faithful man belongs the whole world of wealth, in that he disdains and tramples on it.” — editor's note: This sentence is a spurious addition to the text of the Septuagint, variously placed after Prov. xvii. 4, and xvii. 6. The thought is there completed by the…
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Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 9
“Riches, and gold, and silver are not, as some think, the devil’s: for the whole world of riches is for the faithful man, but for the faithless not even a penny.” — editor's note: Prov. xvii. 6, according to the Septuagint. See note on Cat. V. 2, where the same passage is quoted. Clement of Alexandria (Stromat. II. 5) refers to it in…
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John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26Conference XXIV
“…Apostle: “For all things are yours, whether the world, or things present, or things to come;” and by Solomon: “The faithful man has a whole world of riches.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 22; Prov. xvii. 6 (LXX.).
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Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.1On the Making of Man
“If we had to honour with rewards of money those who excel in virtue, the whole world of money, as Solomon says, would seem but small to be made equal to your virtue in the balance.” — editor's note: Prov. xvii. 6 (LXX.). The clause is not found in the English version.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor II.8Book II
““Children’s children are the crown of old men.”” — editor's note: Prov. xvii. 6.
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