Bible Strands
Proverbs 4:9
She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses a son in a parental instruction sequence, urging him to prize and embrace wisdom before promising a long life.
The words — חֵן (Chen) = grace; עֲטֶרֶת ('a.Te.ret) = crown.
The thread — The imagery appears in Proverbs 1:9 as a garland and pendant, in 1 Peter 5:4 as an unfading crown of glory, and in Hebrews 2:7 as a crowning of glory and honor.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to actively prize and embrace wisdom as a tangible pursuit that yields observable honor and longevity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 1:9 For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
- 1 Peter 5:4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
- Hebrews 2:7 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
- Proverbs 16:31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
- Isaiah 28:5 On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
- Revelation 3:21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- Proverbs 3:22 They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
- 1 Timothy 2:9 Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
- 1 Peter 3:4 but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.