9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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Then 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.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
And 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;
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-9)Solomon, having undertaken to teach a young man knowledge and discretion , here lays down two general rules to be observed in order thereunto, and those are, to fear God and honour his parents, which two fundamental laws of morality Pythagoras begins his golden verses with, but the former of them in a wretchedly corrupted state. Primum, deos immortales cole, parentesque honora—First worship the im…
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