Proverbs 4:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Make moch of her, and she shal promote the: Yee yf thou embracest her, she shal brynge the vnto honoure.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therfore sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: I haue spoken, that thy house and thy fathers house shulde walke before me for euer. But now sayeth the LORDE: That be farre fro me. But who so euer honoureth me, him wil I honor also: as for those yt despyse me, they shal not be regarded.
  • 1 Kgs 3:5-9 : 5 And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon at Gibeon in a dreame of the nighte, and God sayde: Axe what I shal geue ye. 6 Salomo saide: Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt. Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes, and in a true hert with the, & this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him, and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate, as it is now come to passe. 7 Now LORDE my God, thou hast made thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids steade: As for me, I am but a small yonge man, knowynge nether my outgoynge ner ingoynge. 8 And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen: which is so greate, that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude. 9 Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye iudge thy people, & vnderstonde what is good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people? 10 This pleased the LORDE well, that Salomon axed soch a peticion. 11 And God sayde vnto him: For so moch as thou axest this, and desyrest not longe lyfe, nether riches, nether ye soules of thine enemies, but vnderstodinge to heare iudgment, 12 beholde, therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes. Beholde, I haue geuen the an hert of wy?dome and vnderstondynge, so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the, nether shall ryse vp after the. 13 Yee and that thou hast not prayed for, haue I geuen the also, namely, ryches, and honoure, so that amonge the kynges in yi tyme there is not soch one as thou.
  • Prov 3:35 : 35 The wyse shal haue honor in possession, but shame is the promocio that fooles shal haue.
  • Prov 22:4 : 4 The ende of lowlynes & the feare of God, is riches, honor, prosperite and health.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 The wyse (soch as haue taught other) shal glister, as the shyninge of heauen: and those that haue instructe the multitude vnto godlynesse, shalbe as the starres, worlde without ende.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:9-10
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    9 She shal make the a gracious heade, and garnish the with ye crowne of glory.

    10 Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, that the yeares of thy life maye be many.

  • Prov 4:5-7
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    5 Get the wy?dome, get the vnderstondinge, forget not ye wordes of my mouth, & shreke not from them.

    6 Forsake her not, and she shal preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the.

    7 The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge.

  • Prov 3:13-18
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    13 Well is him that fyndeth wy?dome, & opteyneth vnderstondinge,

    14 for the gettinge of it is better then eny marchaundise of syluer, & the profit of it is better then golde.

    15 Wy?dome is more worth the precious stones, & all ye thinges yt thou canst desyre, are not to be compared vnto her.

    16 Vpon hir right hande is longe life, & vpon hir left hande is riches & honor.

    17 Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all hir pathes are peaceable.

    18 She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.

  • Prov 7:4-5
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    4 Saye vnto wysdome: thou art my sister, and call vnderstondinge thy kynswoman:

    5 that she maye kepe ye fro ye strauge woma, & fro ye harlot which geueth swete wordes.

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    28 Hir children arise & call hir blessed, & hir hu?bande maketh moch of her.

    29 Many daughters there be yt gather riches together, but thou goest aboue the all.

    30 As for fauor, it is disceatfull, and beutie is a vayne thinge: but a woman that feareth the LORDE, she is worthy to be praysed.

    31 Geue her of the frute of hir handes, and let hir owne workes prayse her in the gates.

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 Doth not wysdome crie? doth not vnderstondinge put forth hir voyce?

    2 Stondeth she not in the hye places in the stretes & wayes?

  • 4 yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure:

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    25 Stregth and honoure is hir clothinge, & in the latter daye she shal reioyse.

    26 She openeth hir mouth with wy?dome, & in hir toge is the lawe of grace.

  • 4 A stedfast woman is a crowne vnto hir hu?bonde: but she that behaueth herself vnhonestly, is a corrupcion in his bones.

  • 4 Who so is ignoraut, let him come hither. And to the vn wise she sayde:

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

    19 Louynge is the hynde, and frendly is the Roo: let her brestes alwaye satisfie the, and holde the euer content with hir loue.

    20 My sonne, why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlot, and embrace the bosome of another woma?

  • 4 So shalt thou fynde fauor and good vnderstondinge in ye sight of God and men.

  • 9 for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade, & shalbe a cheyne aboute thy necke.

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

  • 14 Euen so shall ye knowlege of wysdome be vnto yi soule, as soone as thou hast gotte it. And there is good hope, yee yi hope shal not be in vayne.

  • 16 A gracious woma manteyneth honestie, as for the mightie, they manteyne ryches.

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10 Yf wy?dome entre in to thine herte, and yi soule delyte in knowlege:

    11 then shal councell preserue the, and vnderstondinge shal kepe the.

  • 8 He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: and who so hath vnderstondinge, shal prospere.

  • 11 For wysdome is more worth then precious stones, yee all the thinges that thou cast desyre, are not to be compared vnto it.

  • 14 sytteth in the dores of hir house vpo a stole aboue in the cite,

  • 35 For who so fyndeth me, fyndeth life, and shal optayne fauoure of the LORDE.

  • 1 A wyse woma vpholdeth hir house, but a foolish wife plucketh it downe.

  • 17 She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength, and courageth hir armes.

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

  • Prov 5:8-9
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    8 Kepe thy waye farre from her, and come not nye ye dores of hir house.

    9 That thou geue not thine honor vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell.

  • 22 That they maye lede the where thou goest, preserue the when thou art aslepe, & yt when thou awakest, thou mayest talke of the

  • 21 She calleth before ye congregacion in ye open gates, and sheweth hir wordes thorow ye cite, sayenge: