Proverbs 4:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith, I saide, that thine house and the house of thy father should walke before mee for euer: but nowe the Lord saith, It shall not be so: for them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be despised.
  • 1 Kgs 3:5-9 : 5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God sayd, Aske what I shal giue thee. 6 And Salomon sayd, Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my father great mercie, when hee walked before thee in trueth, and in righteonsnes, & in vprightnes of heart with thee: and thou hast kept for him this great mercie, and hast giuen him a sonne, to sit on his throne, as appeareth this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy seruant King in steade of Dauid my father: and I am but a yong childe, and know not howe to go out and in. 8 And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude. 9 Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people? 10 And this pleased the Lorde wel, that Salomon had desired this thing. 11 And God sayde vnto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy selfe long life, neyther hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding to heare iudgement, 12 Beholde, I haue done according to thy wordes: lo, I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart, so that there hath bene none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like vnto thee. 13 And I haue also giuen thee that, which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that among the Kings there shall be none like vnto thee all thy dayes.
  • Prov 3:35 : 35 The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.
  • Prov 22:4 : 4 The rewarde of humilitie, and the feare of God is riches, and glory, and life.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be wise, shal shine, as ye brightnes of the firmament: and they that turne many to righteousnes, shal shine as the starres, for euer & euer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:9-10
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    86%

    9She shal giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shal giue thee a crowne of glorie.

    10Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

  • Prov 4:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    5Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

    6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.

    7Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

  • Prov 3:13-18
    6 verses
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    13Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

    14For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.

    15It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.

    16Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.

    17Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.

  • Prov 7:4-5
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    4Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,

    5That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.

  • Prov 31:28-31
    4 verses
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    28Her children rise vp, and call her blessed: her husband also shall prayse her, saying,

    29Many daughters haue done vertuously: but thou surmountest them all.

    30Fauour is deceitfull, and beautie is vanitie: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she shall be praysed.

    31Giue her of the fruite of her hands, and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

  • Prov 8:1-2
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    74%

    1Doeth not wisedome crie? and vnderstanding vtter her voyce?

    2She standeth in the top of the high places by the way in the place of the paths.

  • Prov 2:4
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    4If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures,

  • Prov 31:25-26
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    25Strength and honour is her clothing, and in the latter day she shall reioyce.

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

  • Prov 12:4
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    4A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.

  • Prov 9:4
    72%

    4Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth,

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

    19Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.

    20For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?

  • Prov 3:4
    72%

    4So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 1:9
    72%

    9For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.

  • Prov 4:13
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    13Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.

  • Prov 24:14
    71%

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 11:16
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    16A gracious woman atteineth honour, and the strong men atteine riches.

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

    11Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse.

  • Prov 8:11
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    11For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

  • Prov 9:14
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    14But she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate in the hie places of the citie,

  • Prov 8:35
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    35For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shal obteine fauour of the Lord.

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne handes.

  • Prov 31:17
    70%

    17She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.

  • Prov 2:16
    70%

    16And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.

  • Prov 5:8-9
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    70%

    8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

    9Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:

  • Prov 6:22
    70%

    22It shall leade thee, when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee, when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talke with thee.

  • Prov 1:21
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    21She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,