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Proverbs 1:9
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Proverbs 1:9
9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
9For they shall be †an ornament of grace vnto thy head, and chaines about thy necke.
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Proverbs 1:9
Something that adorns, beautifies, or gives honour.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Series of connected links used as ornaments, restraints, or bonds; figuratively, confinement, affliction, or surrounding force.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Open the full verse study9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
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Open the full verse study42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
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Open the full verse study22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
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Open the full verse study20¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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Open the full verse study11I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
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Open the full verse study19The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
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Open the full verse study10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
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Open the full verse study3Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
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Open the full verse study9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
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Open the full verse study16And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Open the full verse study7The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Open the full verse study9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
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