Proverbs 1:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 1:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

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KJV

King James Version

For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

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WEB

World English Bible

for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

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ASV

American Standard Version

For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Proverbs 1

⁷ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

⁸ Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

⁹ For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

¹¹ If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

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