Proverbs 1:9
King James VersionSource notes
“For they an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”
Context
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the LORD the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9For they an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: