Proverbs 4:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour:

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  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith: I sayde, that thy house and the house of thy father should walke before me for euer: But nowe the Lorde saith, That be farre fro me: For them that worship me, I wyll worship, and they that despise me, shall come to shame.
  • 1 Kgs 3:5-9 : 5 And in Gibeon the Lorde appeared to Solomon in a dreame by night, and God sayd: Aske what thou wilt, that I may geue it thee. 6 And Solomon sayde: Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaut Dauid my father great mercie, when he walked before thee in trueth, in righteousnesse, and in plainnesse of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, that thou hast geuen him a sonne to sit on his seate, as it is come to passe this day. 7 And nowe O Lord my God, it is thou that hast made thy seruaunt king in steade of Dauid my father: And I am but young, & wote not howe to go out and in. 8 And thy seruaunt is in the middest of thy people which thou hast chosen: and veryly the people are so many, that they cannot be told nor nubred for multitude. 9 Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people? 10 And this pleased the Lorde well that Solomon had desired this thing, 11 And God sayde vnto him: Thou hast not asked for thy selfe long lyfe, neither hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the lyfe of thy enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding & discretion in iudgement: 12 Behold, I haue done according to thy wordes, lo I haue geuen thee a wyse & an vnderstanding heart, so that there was none lyke thee before thee, neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee. 13 And I haue also geuen thee that which thou hast not asked, euen rychesse and honour, so that ther shalbe no king lyke vnto thee all thy dayes.
  • Prov 3:35 : 35 The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue.
  • Prov 22:4 : 4 By humilitie and the feare of the Lorde, commeth riches, honour, and life.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 They that be wyse, shall shine as the brightnesse of the firmament: and they that turne many to righteousnesse, as the starres for euer and euer.

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  • Prov 4:9-10
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    9 She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory.

    10 Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many.

  • Prov 4:5-7
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    5 Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.

    6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee.

    7 The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding.

  • Prov 3:13-18
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    13 Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:

    14 For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof is better then golde.

    15 She is more worth then pretious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.

    16 In her right hande is long life, and in her left hande riches and honour.

    17 Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all her pathes are peaceable.

    18 She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.

  • Prov 7:4-5
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    4 Say vnto wysdome, thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinsewoman:

    5 That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes.

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    28 Her children arise vp & call her blessed: and her husbande shall make much of her.

    29 Many daughters there be that gather riches together: but thou goest aboue them all.

    30 As for fauour it is deceiptfull, & beautie is a vayne thyng: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, shalbe praysed.

    31 Geue her of the fruite of her handes: and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

  • Prov 8:1-2
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    1 Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce?

    2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the place of the pathes:

  • 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures:

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    25 Strength and honour is her clothing, and in the latter day she shall reioyce.

    26 She openeth her mouth with wisdome, and in her tongue is the lawe of grace.

  • 4 A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is as corruption in his bones.

  • 4 Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said,

  • Prov 5:18-20
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    18 Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth.

    19 Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue.

    20 Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger?

  • 4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.

  • 9 For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and as a chayne about thy necke.

  • 13 Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.

  • 14 So sweete shal the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule when thou hast found it: and there shalbe hope, and thy hope shall not be cut of.

  • 16 A gratious woman getteth honour: but the strong men attayne riches.

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge:

    11 Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee,

  • 8 He that is wise loueth his owne soule, and kepeth vnderstanding, that he may prosper.

  • 11 For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones, yea all thinges that thou canst desire, may not be compared vnto it.

  • 14 Sitteth at the doore of her house, and in the hye places of the citie,

  • 35 For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde.

  • 1 Wyse women vpholde their house: but a foolishe wyfe plucketh it downe.

  • 17 She girdeth her loynes with strength, and fortifieth her armes.

  • 16 That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes,

  • Prov 5:8-9
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    8 Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house.

    9 That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell:

  • 22 That shall leade thee when thou goest, preserue thee when thou art asleepe, and when thou awakest talke with thee.

  • 21 She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and sheweth her wordes through the citie, saying: