Proverbs 1:9
For you shall receive for your head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round your neck.
LXX2012 (British)
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 reject not the rules of your mother.
10My son, let not ungodly men lead you astray, neither consent you to them.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:22that your soul may live, and that there may be grace round your neck; and it shall be health to your flesh, and safety to your bones:
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the laws of your father, and reject not the ordinances of your mother:
Song of Solomon 4:9My sister, my spouse, you have ravished my heart; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.
Ezekiel 16:11and decked you also with ornaments, and put bracelets on your hands, and a necklace on your neck.
Daniel 5:16And I have heard concerning you, that you are able to make interpretations: now then if you shall be able to read the writing, and to make known to me the interpretation of it, you shall be clothed with purple, and there shall be a golden chain upon your neck, and you shall be third ruler in my kingdom.
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 →