Proverbs 1:9
For they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, || And chains to your neck.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
In Context
8Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother,
10My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:22And they are life to your soul, and grace to your neck.
Proverbs 6:20Keep, my son, the command of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother.
Song of Solomon 4:9You have emboldened me, my sister-spouse, || Emboldened me with one of your eyes, || With one chain of your neck.
Ezekiel 16:11And I adorn you with adornments, || And I give bracelets for your hands, || And a chain for your neck.
Daniel 5:16and I have heard of you, that you are able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, behold—you are able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know—purple you put on, and a bracelet of gold [is] on your neck, and you rule third in the kingdom.”
1 Timothy 2:9also the women in like manner, in orderly apparel, to adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or clothing of great price,
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 →