EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Proverbs 1:9
9Their teaching will bring you honour, like a beautiful crown or a valuable necklace.
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
7If you want to know how to live in a good way, you must first learn to respect the Lord with fear. Fools refuse to listen to wise teaching. 8Listen, my child, when your father shows you what is right. And do not forget what your mother has taught you. Their teaching will bring you honour, like a beautiful crown or a valuable necklace. 10My child, if sinners want you to join with them, do not agree! 11They may say, ‘Come with us. We will find someone to murder. We will attack any helpless person that we choose.
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 3:22They will give you strength in life. You will enjoy life, like a beautiful necklace that you wear.
- Proverbs 4:9Wisdom will bless you, as if you are wearing a beautiful crown on your head.’
- Proverbs 6:20My child, obey your father's commands. Do not forget what your mother has taught you.
- 1 Timothy 2:9I also want the women to dress themselves properly in a way that is right. They should not bring shame on themselves. What makes a woman beautiful? It is not the special way that she prepares her hair. It is not the gold things or jewels that she wears. It is not her expensive clothes.
- 1 Peter 3:3Think about what makes you beautiful. The way that you prepare your hair does not really make you beautiful. Gold things or beautiful clothes do not make you beautiful.
- Ezekiel 16:11I put beautiful jewels on you. I put rings on your hands and a necklace around your neck.
- Daniel 5:7The king called for his enchanters, his wise men and his diviners to come. When they arrived, the king said to them, ‘Who can read these words? Who can tell me what they mean? Whoever can do that, I will make him great. I will put valuable purple clothes on him and he will have a gold chain around his neck. I will make him 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
In the dictionaries
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
EasyEnglish Bible 2018 — Copyright © MissionAssist 2018
Commentaries