Proverbs 1:9
for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
World English Bible British
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, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
10My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:22so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
Song of Solomon 4:9You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.
Ezekiel 16:11I decked you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands, and put a chain on your neck.
Daniel 5:16But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and dissolve doubts. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold around your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
1 Timothy 2:9In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing,
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 →