Proverbs 1:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:9 : 9 She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.
  • Gen 41:42 : 42 Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;
  • Dan 5:29 : 29 Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck, and a public statement was made that he was to be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
  • Prov 3:22 : 22 So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.
  • 1 Tim 2:9-9 : 9 And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price; 10 But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.
  • 1 Pet 3:3-4 : 3 Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing; 4 But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.
  • Prov 6:20-21 : 20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother: 21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
  • Song 1:10 : 10 Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.
  • Song 4:9 : 9 You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck!
  • Isa 3:19 : 19 The ear-rings, and the chains, and the delicate clothing,
  • Ezek 16:11 : 11 And I made you fair with ornaments and put jewels on your hands and a chain on your neck.
  • Dan 5:7 : 7 The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
  • Dan 5:16 : 16 And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:21-22
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    21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

    22 So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.

  • Prov 6:20-22
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    81%

    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

    21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

    22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

  • Prov 4:8-10
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    8 Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

    9 She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Song 1:10-11
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    75%

    10 Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.

    11 We will make you chains of gold with ornaments of silver.

  • Prov 3:1-4
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    1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

    2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

    3 Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

    4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Isa 3:19-21
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    74%

    19 The ear-rings, and the chains, and the delicate clothing,

    20 The head-bands, and the arm-chains, and the worked bands, and the perfume-boxes, and the jewels with secret powers,

    21 The rings, and the nose-jewels,

  • Prov 1:10
    74%

    10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Prov 22:18
    74%

    18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Ezek 16:11-12
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    11 And I made you fair with ornaments and put jewels on your hands and a chain on your neck.

    12 And I put a ring in your nose and ear-rings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.

  • 1 Pet 3:3
    72%

    3 Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;

  • Prov 2:1
    72%

    1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

  • Prov 1:15
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    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 7:3-5
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    3 Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.

    4 Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:

    5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Exod 28:14
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    14 And two chains of the best gold, twisted like cords; and have the chains fixed on to the frames.

  • Prov 4:20-22
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    71%

    20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

    21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

    22 For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

  • Ps 73:6
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    6 For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

  • Prov 17:6
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    6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Prov 5:1
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    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

  • Prov 4:6
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    6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

  • Prov 7:1
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    1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

  • Deut 6:8
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    8 Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow;

  • Prov 3:18
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    18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

  • Song 4:4
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    4 Your neck is like the tower of David made for a store-house of arms, in which a thousand breastplates are hanging, breastplates for fighting-men.

  • Prov 8:32
    70%

    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

  • Song 3:11
    70%

    11 Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.

  • Prov 6:24
    69%

    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

  • Prov 4:13
    69%

    13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

  • Prov 23:26
    69%

    26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Ps 19:11
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    11 By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.