King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611

Proverbs 1:9 KJV

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

Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 9

Proverbs 1:9 in Context (Verses 6–12 KJV)

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.^*

¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.^*

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: