NET Bible
"For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck."
— Proverbs 1:9, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
“For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”
To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.
Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.
Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.