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Proverbs 1:9 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 1 · verse 9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.Proverbs 1:9 · King James Version
Proverbs 1:9 in context
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ornamentlivyâhsomething attachedH3880 →
- chainsʻânâqa necklaceH6060 →
- gracechêngraciousnessH2580 →
- headrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
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Solomon, having undertaken to teach a young man knowledge and discretion, here lays down two general rules to be observed in order thereunto, and those are, to fear God and honour his parents, which two fundamental laws of morality Pythagoras begins his golden verses with, but the former of them in a wretchedly…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-9