Proverbs 4:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Proverbs 4:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 12:3
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
1 Samuel 2:30
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
1 Kings 3:5-13
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. …
Proverbs 22:4
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-13)

Here we have, I. The invitation which Solomon gives to his children to come and receive instruction from him (Prov. 4:1, 2): Hear, you children, the instruction of a father. That is, 1. “Let my own children, in the first place, receive and give good heed to those instructions which I set down for the use of others also.” Note, Magistrates and ministers, who are entrusted with the direction of larg…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. As you highly esteem her, she will raise you to honor. embrace her--with fond affection.