Proverbs 4:9 (BSB)

She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”

From Proverbs 4. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 4:9

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 4:1-13: Here we have, I. The invitation which Solomon gives to his children to come and receive instruction from him (Pro 4:1, Pro 4:2): Hear, you children, the instruction of a father. That is, 1. "Let my own children, in the first place, receive and give good heed to those instructions which I set down for the use of others also." Note, Magistrates and ministers, who...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 4:9: She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace,.... This, and the following clause, explain what that honour is Christ promotes and brings his followers to here and hereafter: he gives them grace and more grace; "an increase of grace", so the Vulgate Latin version renders it; and some think James refers to this passage, Pro 4:6.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 4:9: ornament--such as the chaplet or wreath of conquerors. deliver--(Compare Gen 14:20). The allusion to a shield, contained in the Hebrew, suggests protection as well as honor (compare Pro 4:6).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 4:7-9: Pro 4:7-9 Referring to Pro 4:5, the father further explains that wisdom begins with the striving after it, and that this striving is itself its fundamental beginning: 7 The beginning of wisdom is “Get wisdom,” And with [um, at the price of] all thou hast gotten get understanding, 8 Esteem her, so shall she lift thee up; She will bring thee honour if thou dost embrace her.