Proverbs 1:9
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
11 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
- KJV
- For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
- WEB
- for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
- ASV
- For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
- DARBY
- for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
- BLB
- For a garland of grace they [are] to your head, and pendants for your neck.
- ÅB
- For de er en fager krans for ditt hode og kjeder om din hals.
- OTB
- For de er som en vakker krone for ditt hode og smykker for din hals.
- B1930
- For de er en fager krans for ditt hode og kjeder om din hals.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 4:9
She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
Read in contextDaniel 5:29
Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
Read in contextGenesis 41:42
Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
Read in contextProverbs 6:20–21
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Read in contextProverbs 3:22
They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:19
their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
Read in contextEzekiel 16:11
I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:10
Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
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