Proverbs 4:9 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 4:9

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

KJV

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ASV

She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

WEB

She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”

YLT

She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.

DBT

She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.

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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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Proverbs 1:9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
1 Peter 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Hebrews 2:7–9
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
Proverbs 16:31
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Isaiah 28:5
In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

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): " She shall give to thy head an ornament of grace in this world, shall recommend thee both to God and man, and in the other world a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee, a crown that shall never totter, a crown of glory that shall never wither." That is the true honour which attends religion. Nobilitas sola est atique unica virtus--Virtue is the only nobility!

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

(1.) By way of precept and exhortation. David, in teaching his son, though he was a child of great capacity and quick apprehension, yet to show that he was in good earnest, and to affect his child the more with what he said, expressed himself with great warmth and importunity, and inculcated the same thing again and again.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

ornament--such as the chaplet or wreath of conquerors. deliver--(Compare Ge 14:20). The allusion to a shield, contained in the Hebrew, suggests protection as well as honor (compare Pr 4:6).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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