Proverbs 1:9 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

⁹ for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ For they are a [victor's] chaplet (garland) of grace upon your head and chains and pendants [of gold worn by kings] for your neck.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

Common English Bible

⁹ for they are a graceful wreath on your head, and beads for your neck.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ so that grace may be added to your head and a collar to your neck.

Proverbs 1:9 Cross References

Genesis 41:42

Removing his signet ring from his hand, Pharaoh put it on Joseph's hand; he arrayed him in garments of fine linen, and put a gold chain around his neck.

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.

Proverbs 3:22

and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.

Proverbs 3:3

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 4:9

She will place on your head a fair garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

Song of Solomon 1:10

Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

Song of Solomon 4:9

You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride, you have ravished my heart with a glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.

Isaiah 3:19

the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarfs;

Jeremiah 35:8

We have obeyed the charge of our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

Ezekiel 16:11

I adorned you with ornaments: I put bracelets on your arms, a chain on your neck,

Daniel 5:16

But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now if you are able to read the writing and tell me its interpretation, you shall be clothed in purple, have a chain of gold around your neck, and rank third in the kingdom.”

Daniel 5:29

Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed in purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made concerning him that he should rank third in the kingdom.

Daniel 5:7

The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners; and the king said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever can read this writing and tell me its interpretation shall be clothed in purple, have a chain of gold around his neck, and rank third in the kingdom.”