For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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Gill's Exposition
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,.... The instructions and laws of parents being attended unto and obeyed by children, render them more lovely and amiable than any beautiful…
Barnes' Notes
To the Israelite’s mind no signs or badges of joy or glory were higher in worth than the garland around the head, the gold chain around the neck, worn by kings and the favorites of kings Gen 41:42;…
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…
Cambridge Bible
ornament Rather, chaplet, R.V. στέφανον, LXX. See Pro 4:9, where the same phrase chaplet of graceoccurs, with crown of glory, as its equivalent in the parallel clause of the verse.
chains not of…
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