Proverbs 1:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Daniel 5:29

Then Belshazzar commanded, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put about his neck, and proclamation was made concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Proverbs 4:9

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

Proverbs 3:22

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

Genesis 41:42

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in garments of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

Ezekiel 16:11

And I decked you with ornaments, and put bracelets on your arms, and a chain on your neck.

Isaiah 3:19

the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarfs;

Song of Solomon 1:10

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

Daniel 5:16

But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 5:7

The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

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.

Psalm 73:6

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

Proverbs 3:3

Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Jeremiah 35:8

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