Proverbs 17:6 (BSB)

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

From Proverbs 17. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 17:6

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 17:6: They 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 steps of their virtues, and are likely to maintain and advance the reputation of their families.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 17:6: 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 have his table surrounded with children, as olive plants; to be encircled with a large family was a crown of glory (e); and to live to see children's children, a large...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 17:6: Prolonged posterity is a blessing, its cutting off a curse (Pro 13:22; Psa 109:13-15), hence children may glory in virtuous ancestry.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 17:6: Pro 17:6 With this verse this series of proverbs closes as it began: A diadem of the old are children’s children, And the glory of children are their parents. Children are a blessing from God (Ps 127-128); ); thus, a family circle consisting of children and grandchildren (including great-grandchildren) is as a crown of glory surrounding the grey-haired patriarch; and again, children have glory and...