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Proverbs 4:8
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Cherish her, and she will exalt you;if you embrace her, she will honor you.
Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Treasure wisdom, and it will make you great; hold on to it, and it will bring you honor.
Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
"Prize wisdom [and exalt her], and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.
"Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.
Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.
Prize her, and she will exalt you;She will honor you if you embrace her.
Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
If you value Wisdom and hold tightly to her, great honors will be yours.
Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will bring you honor;
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
Love her, and she shall exalt you; embrace her, and she shall honor you.
Love wisdom, and she will make you great. Embrace her, and she will bring you honor.
Cherish her and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Exalt her, and she will lift you up; she shall bring you to honor when you embrace her.
Make moch of her, and she shal promote the: Yee yf thou embracest her, she shal brynge the vnto honoure.
Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.
Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Exalt her, and shee shall promote thee: shee shall bring thee to honour, when thou doest imbrace her.
Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour:
Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Take thou it, and it schal enhaunse thee; thou schalt be glorified of it, whanne thou hast biclippid it.
Exalt her, and she will promote you; She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Exalt her, and she will promote you; She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.
If you prize wisdom, she will make you great. Embrace her, and she will honor you.
Honor her and she will honor you. She will honor you if you hold her to your heart.
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dust embrace her:
Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
"Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 3:35, Proverbs 22:4, 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Kings 3:5-13, Daniel 12:3
Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:29 - exalteth Ecclesiastes 8:1 - a man's James 1:4 - perfect and
Cross-References
At harvest time, Cain brought a gift to the Lord . He brought some of the food that he grew from the ground, but Abel brought some animals from his flock. He chose some of his best sheep and brought the best parts from them. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift.
The Lord asked Cain, "Why are you angry? Why does your face look sad?
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? You killed your brother and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground. So you will be cursed from this ground.
Now when you work the soil, the ground will not help your plants grow. You will not have a home in this land. You will wander from place to place."
Then the Lord said to Cain, "No, if anyone kills you, I will punish that person much, much more." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to show that no one should kill him.
The punishment for killing Cain was very bad. But the punishment for killing me will be many times worse!"
Seth also had a son. He named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord .
When Abner arrived at Hebron, Joab met him in the gateway, pulled him aside to talk in private, and then stabbed him in the stomach. So he got his revenge against Abner. Joab killed Abner because Abner had killed Joab's brother Asahel.
I had two sons. They were out in the field fighting. There was no one to stop them. One son killed the other son.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee,.... Christ is to be exalted in his person, by asserting his proper deity; by ascribing all divine perfections to him; by allowing him to be the author of all divine works; by giving him divine worship and homage; by owning his divine and eternal sonship, and distinct personality: he is to be exalted in all his offices of Prophet, Priest, and King, and as the only Redeemer and Saviour; by trusting in him, embracing his Gospel, and submitting to his ordinances, and such that exalt him, he will "promote" them here and hereafter; of which more in the next clause. According to the Talmudists u, the word for "exalt" signifies a diligent search, by turning things about to find out what is sought; and so the Septuagint interpret the word in the sense of "searching",
Jeremiah 50:26;
she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her: by faith: for this is an act of faith, and a very considerable one, and is expressive of great nearness to Christ, of much intimacy and familiarity with him, of strong love and affection to him, of a good degree of boldness used with him, and of joy and exaltation in him; for such an action is used by persons near akin, and are very familiar with, and have a very great affection for one another, and use much freedom with each other, and rejoice at meeting together. Now such who embrace Christ, in the arms of their faith, as their alone Saviour, such he promotes and "brings to honour"; not to honour among men, for to embrace Christ and exalt him is the way to disgrace, though the disgrace is an honour, and will be before long rolled off; but to honour hereafter. Such will be set at his right hand, and be owned by him before his Father and his angels; and they will be placed on the same throne with him, and will reign with him for ever and ever; see 1 Samuel 2:30.
u T. Bab. Roshhashanah, fol. 26. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.
Proverbs 4:7
Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.
Proverbs 4:12
The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no risk of falling.
Proverbs 4:13
She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.
Proverbs 4:16
A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.
Proverbs 4:17
i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.” Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.
Proverbs 4:18
Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.
Proverbs 4:19
Compare our Lord’s teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.
Proverbs 4:20
The teacher speaks again in his own person.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 4:8. She shall bring thee to honour — There is nothing, a strict life of piety and benevolence excepted, that has such a direct tendency to reflect honour upon a man, as the careful cultivation of his mind. One of Bacon's aphorisms was, Knowledge is power; and it is truly astonishing to see what influence true learning has. Nothing is so universally respected, provided the learned man be a consistent moral character, and be not proud and overbearing; which is a disgrace to genuine literature.
