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Proverbs 1:9
For a graceful wreath are they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
Proverbs 1:9 · Young's Literal Translation
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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 For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
7 Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
9 For a graceful wreath are they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.
11 If they say, `Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
12 We swallow them as Sheol--alive, And whole--as those going down to the pit,
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