Proverbs 1:9
For they shall be a garland of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
In Context
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:22so they shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.
Song of Solomon 4:9Thou have ravished my heart, my sister, [my] bride. Thou have ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Ezekiel 16:11And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
Daniel 5:16But I have heard of thee, that thou can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts. Now if thou can read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it, thou shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about t
1 Timothy 2:9And similarly, the women to adorn themselves in disciplined decorum, with reverence and sobriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive apparel,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:8-10
Parental Admonitions. 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. Solomon, having undertaken to teach a young man knowledge and discretion, here lays down two general rules to be observed in order thereunto, and those are, to fear God and honour his parents, which two fundamental laws of morality… Read the whole commentary →