Proverbs 4:8

Proverbs chapter 4 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.7Wisdomisthe principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

v.8This passage

v.9She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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