Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
the Third Week after Easter
the Third Week after Easter
video advertismenet
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 1:9
This verse is not available in the MSG!
Jump to:Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Cross-References • Gill's Bible Notes • Clarke's Bible Notes • Barnes' Bible Notes
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- BakerEncyclopedias:
- InternationalParallel Translations
Christian Standard Bible®
for they will be a garland of favor on your headand pendants around your neck.
for they will be a garland of favor on your headand pendants around your neck.
Hebrew Names Version
For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
King James Version
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
English Standard Version
for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
New Century Version
Their teaching will be like flowers in your hair or a necklace around your neck.
Their teaching will be like flowers in your hair or a necklace around your neck.
New English Translation
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
Amplified Bible
For they are a garland of grace on your head, And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.
For they are a garland of grace on your head, And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.
New American Standard Bible
For they are a graceful wreath for your head And necklaces for your neck.
For they are a graceful wreath for your head And necklaces for your neck.
World English Bible
For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
Legacy Standard Bible
For they are a garland of grace for your headAnd ornaments about your neck.
For they are a garland of grace for your headAnd ornaments about your neck.
Berean Standard Bible
For they are a garland of grace on your head, and a pendant around your neck.
For they are a garland of grace on your head, and a pendant around your neck.
Contemporary English Version
and wear their teachings as you would a lovely hat or a pretty necklace.
and wear their teachings as you would a lovely hat or a pretty necklace.
Complete Jewish Bible
they will be a garland to grace your head, a medal of honor for your neck.
they will be a garland to grace your head, a medal of honor for your neck.
Darby Translation
for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Easy-to-Read Version
What you learn from your parents will bring you honor and respect, like a crown or a gold medal.
What you learn from your parents will bring you honor and respect, like a crown or a gold medal.
George Lamsa Translation
For they shall be an ornament of grace for your head and a necklace about your neck.
For they shall be an ornament of grace for your head and a necklace about your neck.
Good News Translation
Their teaching will improve your character as a handsome turban or a necklace improves your appearance.
Their teaching will improve your character as a handsome turban or a necklace improves your appearance.
Lexham English Bible
for they are a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.
for they are a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.
Literal Translation
for they shall be an ornament of grace to your head, and chains for your neck.
for they shall be an ornament of grace to your head, and chains for your neck.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade, & shalbe a cheyne aboute thy necke.
for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade, & shalbe a cheyne aboute thy necke.
American Standard Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
Bible in Basic English
For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
King James Version (1611)
For they shall be an ornament of grace vnto thy head, and chaines about thy necke.
For they shall be an ornament of grace vnto thy head, and chaines about thy necke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke.
For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.
For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.
English Revised Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke.
that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke.
Update Bible Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace to your head, And chains about your neck.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace to your head, And chains about your neck.
Webster's Bible Translation
For they [shalt be] an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they [shalt be] an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
New King James Version
For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.
For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.
New Living Translation
What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.
What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.
New Life Bible
For they are a glory to your head and a chain of beauty around your neck.
For they are a glory to your head and a chain of beauty around your neck.
New Revised Standard
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
Douay-Rheims Bible
That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
Revised Standard Version
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
Young's Literal Translation
For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.
Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.
Contextual Overview
7 Start with God —the first step in learning is bowing down to God ; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. 8Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee. Wear their counsel like flowers in your hair, like rings on your fingers. Dear friend, if bad companions tempt you, don't go along with them. If they say—"Let's go out and raise some hell. Let's beat up some old man, mug some old woman. Let's pick them clean and get them ready for their funerals. We'll load up on top-quality loot. We'll haul it home by the truckload. Join us for the time of your life! With us, it's share and share alike!"— Oh, friend, don't give them a second look; don't listen to them for a minute. They're racing to a very bad end, hurrying to ruin everything they lay hands on. Nobody robs a bank with everyone watching, Yet that's what these people are doing— they're doing themselves in. When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they: Proverbs 3:22, Proverbs 4:9, Proverbs 6:20, Proverbs 6:21, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Timothy 2:10, 1 Peter 3:3, 1 Peter 3:4
an ornament: Heb. an adding, Genesis 41:42, Song of Solomon 1:10, Song of Solomon 4:9, Isaiah 3:19, Ezekiel 16:11, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:16, Daniel 5:29
Reciprocal: Genesis 49:2 - hearken Exodus 13:9 - a sign Exodus 20:12 - Honour Psalms 73:6 - as a chain Proverbs 25:12 - a wise Jeremiah 35:8 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 1:1
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
Genesis 1:6
God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.
God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.
Genesis 1:9
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:11
God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.
God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.
Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food. To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.
Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food. To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.
Jonah 1:9
He told them, "I'm a Hebrew. I worship God , the God of heaven who made sea and land."
He told them, "I'm a Hebrew. I worship God , the God of heaven who made sea and land."
2 Peter 3:5
They conveniently forget that long ago all the galaxies and this very planet were brought into existence out of watery chaos by God's word. Then God's word brought the chaos back in a flood that destroyed the world. The current galaxies and earth are fuel for the final fire. God is poised, ready to speak his word again, ready to give the signal for the judgment and destruction of the desecrating skeptics.
They conveniently forget that long ago all the galaxies and this very planet were brought into existence out of watery chaos by God's word. Then God's word brought the chaos back in a flood that destroyed the world. The current galaxies and earth are fuel for the final fire. God is poised, ready to speak his word again, ready to give the signal for the judgment and destruction of the desecrating skeptics.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head,.... The instructions and laws of parents being attended unto and obeyed by children, render them more lovely and amiable than any beautiful ornament whatever that can be put upon their heads;
and chains about thy neck; be that unto them as chains of gold are to the neck, beautify and adorn them; so good works, done in obedience to God and parents, are ornaments of great price, and preferable to any outward adorning whatever; see 1 Timothy 2:9. The allusions are unto, and the metaphors taken from, those things which are most pleasing and acceptable to children, as fine top knots and golden chains.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
To the Israelite’s mind no signs or badges of joy or glory were higher in worth than the garland around the head, the gold chain around the neck, worn by kings and the favorites of kings Genesis 41:42; Daniel 5:29.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 1:9. An 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 wisdom, proceeding from the fear of God.
