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They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.King James Bible
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.American Standard Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.Young's Literal Translation
For a graceful wreath are they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.Proverbs 1:9 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAn ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains - That is, filial respect and obedience will be as ornamental to thee as crowns, diadems, and golden chains and pearls are to others. Political dignity has been distinguished in many nations by a chain of gold about the neck. Solomon seems here to intimate, if we follow the metaphor, that the surest way of coming to distinguished eminence, in civil matters, is to act according to the principles of true wislom, proceeding from the fear of God. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge they Proverbs 3:22 So shall they be life to your soul, and grace to your neck. Proverbs 4:9 She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you. Proverbs 6:20,21 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother... 1 Timothy 2:9,10 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold... 1 Peter 3:3,4 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel... ornament Songs 1:10 Your cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold. Songs 4:9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck. Isaiah 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, Ezekiel 16:11 I decked you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck. Daniel 5:7,16,29 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke... Proverbs 1:9 Parallel Commentaries
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Genesis 41:42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.
Psalm 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
Proverbs 3:3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:22 they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.
Proverbs 4:9 She will give you a garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious crown."
Song 4:9 You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
Jeremiah 35:8 We have obeyed everything our forefather Jehonadab son of Rekab commanded us. Neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters have ever drunk wine
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