Proverbs 1:9 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 1:9

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

KJV

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ASV

For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

WEB

For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

YLT

For a graceful wreath are they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.

DBT

for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

About this book

Old Testament

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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16 verses on the floor

Proverbs 3:3
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Proverbs 4:9
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Daniel 5:29
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Proverbs 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Genesis 41:42
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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He recommends this as that which is very graceful and will put an honour upon us: "The instructions and laws of thy parents, carefully observed and lived up to, shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H16214× in canon H258069× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PRO 1:9GEN 41:42 DAN 5:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PRO 1:9DAN 5:29 DAN 5:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PRO 1:9PRO 3:22 PRO 4:22
PRO 1:9GEN 41:42 DAN 5:29
PRO 1:9PRO 4:9 1PE 5:4
PRO 1:9GEN 41:42 EST 3:10
PRO 1:9PRO 3:22 ISA 38:16
PRO 1:9PRO 4:9 HEB 2:7-9

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