Proverbs 1:9

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 fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not. 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 1:9 word by word

כִּ֤י׀ לִוְיַ֤ת חֵ֓ן הֵ֬ם לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• graceחֵןchên · favorH2580
• headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• neckגַּרְגְּרוֹתgargerôth · neckH1621

Cross-references for Proverbs 1:9

• Proverbs 3:22so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.
• Proverbs 4:9She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
• Proverbs 6:20My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
• 1 Timothy 2:9In like manner also that the women in decent deportment and dress adorn themselves with modesty and discretion, not with plaited [hair] and gold, or pearls, or costly clothing,
• 1 Peter 3:3whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;
• Isaiah 3:19the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,
• Ezekiel 16:11And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck;
• Daniel 5:7The king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be 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

Topics related to Proverbs 1:9

• Chains
• Children
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Chain
• Consent
• Despise
• Entice
• Grace
• Hate
• Lurk
• Naught
• Prosperity

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