Proverbs 4:8
Exalt her, and she will promote thee. She will bring thee to honor when thou embrace her.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
In Context
7Wisdom [is] the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
9She will give to thy head a garland of grace, a crown of beauty she will deliver to thee.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore LORD, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever, but now LORD says, Be it far from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me
Proverbs 3:16Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches and honor.
Proverbs 22:4The reward of humility [and] the fear of LORD [is] riches and honor and life.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2-14
Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep… Read the whole commentary →