New King James Version
Proverbs 1:9
9For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about 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 Living Translation (NLT)What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.
Context of Proverbs 1:9
7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about 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 lurk secretly for 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 3:22So they will be life to your soul And grace to your neck.
- Proverbs 4:9She will place on your head an ornament of grace; A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.
- 1 Timothy 2:9in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing,
- 1 Peter 3:3Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—
- Isaiah 3:19The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;
- Ezekiel 16:11I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists, and a chain on your neck.
- Daniel 5:7The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke, saying to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and tells me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; and he 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
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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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