Proverbs 4:8
Exalt her and she lifts you up, || She honors you when you embrace her.
Literal Standard 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
7The first thing [is] wisdom—get wisdom, || And with all your getting get understanding.
9She gives a wreath of grace to your head, || She gives you a crown of beauty freely.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore—a declaration of YHWH, God of Israel—I certainly said, Your house and the house of your father walk up and down before Me for all time; and now—a declaration of YHWH—Far be it from Me! For he who is honoring Me, I honor, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.
Proverbs 3:16Length of days [is] in her right hand, || In her left [are] wealth and honor.
Proverbs 22:4The end of humility [is] the fear of YHWH, 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 →