Proverbs 1:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:9 : 9 She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you.”
  • Gen 41:42 : 42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph’s. He clothed him with fine linen clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.
  • Dan 5:29 : 29 Then, on Belshazzar’s orders, Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom.
  • Prov 3:22 : 22 So they will become life for your soul, and grace around your neck.
  • 1 Tim 2:9-9 : 9 Conduct of Women Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing, 10 but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.
  • 1 Pet 3:3-4 : 3 Let your beauty not be external– the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes– 4 but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  • Prov 6:20-21 : 20 My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother. 21 Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.
  • Song 1:10 : 10 Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments; your neck is lovely with strings of jewels.
  • Song 4:9 : 9 You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride! You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
  • Isa 3:19 : 19 earrings, bracelets, veils,
  • Ezek 16:11 : 11 I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.
  • Dan 5:7 : 7 The king called out loudly to summon the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple and have a golden collar placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.
  • Dan 5:16 : 16 However, I have heard that you are able to provide interpretations and to solve difficult problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:21-22
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    83%

    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

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

  • Prov 6:20-22
    3 verses
    81%

    20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

    21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

    22When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

  • Prov 4:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    8Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

    9She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you.”

    10Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 1:8
    81%

    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Song 1:10-11
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    75%

    10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments; your neck is lovely with strings of jewels.

    11We will make for you gold ornaments studded with silver.

  • Prov 3:1-4
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    75%

    1Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

    2for they will provide a long and full life, and well-being for you.

    3Do not let mercy and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

    4Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

  • Isa 3:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19earrings, bracelets, veils,

    20headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets, amulets,

    21rings, nose rings,

  • Prov 1:10
    74%

    10Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

  • Prov 22:18
    74%

    18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

  • Ezek 16:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

    12I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

  • 1 Pet 3:3
    72%

    3Let your beauty not be external– the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes–

  • Prov 2:1
    72%

    1Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,

  • Prov 1:15
    71%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 7:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.

    4Say to wisdom,“You are my sister,” and call understanding a close relative,

    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Exod 28:14
    71%

    14and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.

  • Prov 4:20-22
    3 verses
    71%

    20My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

    21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

    22for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

  • Ps 73:6
    71%

    6Arrogance is their necklace, and violence covers them like clothing.

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Prov 5:1
    71%

    1Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

  • Prov 4:6
    70%

    6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

  • Prov 7:1
    70%

    1Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.

  • Prov 5:20
    70%

    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Deut 6:8
    70%

    8You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead.

  • Prov 3:18
    70%

    18She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed.

  • Song 4:4
    70%

    4Your neck is like the tower of David built with courses of stones; one thousand shields are hung on it– all shields of valiant warriors.

  • Prov 8:32
    70%

    32“So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Song 3:11
    70%

    11Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life!

  • Prov 6:24
    69%

    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

  • Prov 4:13
    69%

    13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

  • Prov 23:26
    69%

    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

  • Ps 19:11
    69%

    11Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.