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Proverbs 1:9
For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
Proverbs 1:9 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 1:9 in other translations
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
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In context
6 To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
7 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
9 For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
10 My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause:
12 We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:
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