KJV King James Version
For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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Proverbs 1:9
For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
WEB World English Bible
for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
ASV American Standard Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For a graceful wreath are they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 1
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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Proverbs 4:9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.Daniel 5:29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and [put] a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.Genesis 41:42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;Proverbs 6:20-21My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:Proverbs 3:22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.Isaiah 3:19The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,Ezekiel 16:11I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.Song of Solomon 1:10Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels], thy neck with chains [of gold].Song of Solomon 4:9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.Daniel 5:16And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and [have] a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.1 Timothy 2:9-10In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;1 Peter 3:3-4Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;Daniel 5:7The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. [And] the king spake, and said to the wise [men] of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and [have] a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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