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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Wycliffe Bible
Proverbs 1:9
that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke.
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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.
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 The drede of the Lord is the bigynning of wisdom; foolis dispisen wisdom and teching. 8 My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadir, and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir; 9 that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke.
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
In the bigynnyng God made of nouyt heuene and erthe.
In the bigynnyng God made of nouyt heuene and erthe.
Genesis 1:2
Forsothe the erthe was idel and voide, and derknessis weren on the face of depthe; and the Spiryt of the Lord was borun on the watris.
Forsothe the erthe was idel and voide, and derknessis weren on the face of depthe; and the Spiryt of the Lord was borun on the watris.
Genesis 1:5
dai, and the derknessis, nyyt. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, o daie.
dai, and the derknessis, nyyt. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, o daie.
Genesis 1:6
And God seide, The firmament be maad in the myddis of watris, and departe watris fro watris.
And God seide, The firmament be maad in the myddis of watris, and departe watris fro watris.
Genesis 1:8
And God clepide the firmament, heuene. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the secounde dai.
And God clepide the firmament, heuene. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the secounde dai.
Genesis 1:9
Forsothe God seide, The watris, that ben vndur heuene, be gaderid in to o place, and a drie place appere; and it was doon so.
Forsothe God seide, The watris, that ben vndur heuene, be gaderid in to o place, and a drie place appere; and it was doon so.
Genesis 1:11
and seide, The erthe brynge forth greene eerbe and makynge seed, and appil tre makynge fruyt bi his kynde, whos seed be in it silf on erthe; and it was doon so.
and seide, The erthe brynge forth greene eerbe and makynge seed, and appil tre makynge fruyt bi his kynde, whos seed be in it silf on erthe; and it was doon so.
Genesis 1:28
And God blesside hem, and seide, Encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the erthe, and make ye it suget, and be ye lordis to fischis of the see, and to volatilis of heuene, and to alle lyuynge beestis that ben moued on erthe.
And God blesside hem, and seide, Encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the erthe, and make ye it suget, and be ye lordis to fischis of the see, and to volatilis of heuene, and to alle lyuynge beestis that ben moued on erthe.
Genesis 1:29
And God seide, Lo! Y haue youe to you ech eerbe berynge seed on erthe, and alle trees that han in hem silf the seed of her kynde, that tho be in to mete to you;
And God seide, Lo! Y haue youe to you ech eerbe berynge seed on erthe, and alle trees that han in hem silf the seed of her kynde, that tho be in to mete to you;
Job 26:7
Which God stretchith forth the north on voide thing, and hangith the erthe on nouyt.
Which God stretchith forth the north on voide thing, and hangith the erthe on nouyt.
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.
