Proverbs 1:9
for they will be a garland to chen ·grace· your head, 2 and chains around your neck. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
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, sh'ma ·hear obey· your father’s instruction, 2 and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: 1
10My son, if people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal· entice you, don’t consent. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 3:22so they will be life to your soul, 2 and chen ·grace· for your neck. 1
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s mitzvah ·instruction·, 2 and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. 1
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 →