Proverbs 1:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy 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 commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Proverbs 4:9

She shall give to thine head a chaplet of grace: A crown of beauty shall she deliver to thee.

Proverbs 3:22

So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.

Genesis 41:42

And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

Ezekiel 16:11

I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

Isaiah 3:19

the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

Song of Solomon 1:10

Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair, Thy neck with strings of jewels.

Daniel 5:16

But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 5:7

The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, 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

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Proverbs 3:3

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the table of thine heart:

Jeremiah 35:8

And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;