Proverbs 1:9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
KJV
ut addatur gratia capiti tuo, et torques collo tuo.
Vulgate
στέφανον γὰρ χαρίτων δέξῃ σῇ κορυφῇ, καὶ κλοιὸν χρύσεον περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ.
LXX
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
ASV
כִּ֤י לִוְיַ֤ת חֵ֓ן הֵ֬ם לְ/רֹאשֶׁ֑/ךָ וַ֝/עֲנָקִ֗ים לְ/גַרְגְּרֹתֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
חֵ֖ן
chn
noun · 69×
ךָ
k
pronoun · 4×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לִוְיַ֤ת
lvyt
noun · 2×
עֲנָק֔וֹת
'nqvt
noun · 3×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 5:29 — Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
- Ezek 16:11 — I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
- Ezek 16:11 — I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
- Gen 41:42 — And Pharaoh took off his 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;
- Isa 3:19 — The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
- Prov 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
- Prov 3:22 — So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
- Prov 3:22 — So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
- Prov 4:9 — She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
- Prov 4:9 — She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
- Prov 6:20 — My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Ps 73:6 — Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
- Song 1:10 — Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.