King James Version with Apocrypha
"For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck."
— Proverbs 1:9, King James Version with Apocrypha
“For they shall be an ornament 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. ”
“for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.”
“For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.”
“That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.”
“For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.”
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: