Proverbs 4:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Prize Wisdom highly and exalt her, and she will exalt and promote you; she will bring you to honor when you embrace her.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

Common English Bible

⁸ Highly esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will honor you if you embrace her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.

Proverbs 4:8 Cross References

Proverbs 22:4

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 3:16

Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.

Song of Solomon 2:6

O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!

Daniel 12:3

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me for ever’; but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.