Proverbs 1:8-9

The Enticement of Sinners

8 i Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
and forsake not your mother's teaching,
9 for they are j a graceful garland for your head
and k pendants for your neck.

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 6:20
    My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
    Psalms 34:11
    Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
    Ephesians 6:1 - 2
    Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 4:9
    She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.
    Proverbs 3:22
    And they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 41:42
    Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck.
    Daniel 5:29
    Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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