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Proverbs 1:9
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They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
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Proverbs 1:9 in Other Translations
KJV
9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
ESV
9
for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
NLT
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What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.
MSG
9
Wear their counsel like flowers in your hair, like rings on your fingers.
CSB
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for they will be a garland of grace on your head and a [gold] chain around your neck.
Proverbs 1:9 In-Context
7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
9
They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
10
My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.
11
If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;
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Proverbs 3:21-22
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Proverbs 4:1-9
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