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Proverbs 1:9
9For they are a garland of grace on your head, And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.
Proverbs 1:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
- New International Version (NIV)They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.
Context of Proverbs 1:9
7The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; But arrogant fools despise [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction and self-discipline. 8My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not reject the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head, And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck. 10My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. 11If they say, “Come with us; Let us lie in wait to shed blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Read all of Proverbs 1Proverbs 1:9 word by word
כִּ֤י׀ לִוְיַ֤ת חֵ֓ן הֵ֬ם לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:9
- Proverbs 3:22And they will be life to your soul (your inner self) And a gracious adornment to your neck (your outer self).
- Proverbs 4:9She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty and glory.”
- Proverbs 6:20My son, be guided by your father’s [God-given] commandment (instruction) And do not reject the teaching of your mother;
- 1 Timothy 2:9Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and discreetly in proper clothing, not with [elaborately] braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
- 1 Peter 3:3Your adornment must not be merely external—with interweaving and elaborate knotting of the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or [being superficially preoccupied with] dressing in expensive clothes;
- Isaiah 3:19dangling earrings, bracelets, and the hanging veils and scarves,
- Ezekiel 16:11I adorned you with ornaments and I put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.
- Daniel 5:7The king called aloud to bring in the enchanters (Magi), the Chaldeans [who were master astrologers] and the diviners. The king said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever can read this writing and explain its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold put around his neck, and have authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9An ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains - That is, filial respect and obedience will be as ornamental to thee as crowns, diadems, and golden chains and pearls are to others. Political dignity has been distinguished in many nations by a chain of gold about the neck. Solomon seems here to intimate, if we follow the metaphor, that the surest way of coming to distinguished eminence, in civil matters, is to act according to the principles of true…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9To the Israelite‘s mind no signs or badges of joy or glory were higher in worth than the garland around the head, the gold chain around the neck, worn by kings and the favorites of kings Genesis 41:42; Daniel 5:29.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 Fools are persons who have no true wisdom, who follow their own devices, without regard to reason, or reverence for God. Children are reasonable creatures, and when we tell them what they must do, we must tell them why. But they are corrupt and wilful, therefore with the instruction there is need of a law. Let Divine truths and commands be to us most honourable; let us value them, and then they shall be so to us.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9garland of grace… pendant: Ornaments often symbolize wisdom and its rewards (see also Proverbs 3:22; 4:9). This imagery encourages people to seek wisdom with effort.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. On the figures of Pr 1:9, compare Ge 41:42; So 1:10; 4:9.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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