Proverbs 4:9
She will bestow upon your head an increase in graces, and she will protect you with a noble crown.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
In Context
8Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her.
10Listen, my son, and accept my words, so that years of life may be multiplied for you.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:13But also the things for which you did not ask, I have given to you, namely wealth and glory, so that no one has been like you among the kings in the all days before.
Proverbs 3:22And so shall there be life in your soul and grace in your voice.
Proverbs 16:31Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.
1 Timothy 2:9Similarly also, women should be dressed fittingly, adorning themselves with compunction and restraint, and not with plaited hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly attire,
1 Peter 3:4Instead, you should be a hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptibility of a quiet and meek spirit, rich in the sight of God.
Revelation 3:21Whoever prevails, I will grant to him to sit with me on my throne, just as I also have overcome and have sat down with my Father on his throne.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2-14
Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep… Read the whole commentary →