Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices5
If a man is going to carry out the advice of Solomon and take for helpmate and life-companion that true Wisdom of which he says, "Love her, and she shall keep thee," "honour her, that she may embrace thee," then he will prepare himself in a manner worthy of such a love, so as to feast with all the joyous wedding guests in spotless raiment, and not be cast forth, while claiming to sit at that feast, for not having put on the wedding garment.
Gregory of Nyssa· ON VIRGINITY 20, 395patristic
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
She shall bring thee to honor - There is nothing, a strict life of piety and benevolence excepted, that has such a direct tendency to reflect honor upon a man, as the careful cultivation of his mind. One of Bacons aphorisms was, Knowledge is power; and it is truly astonishing to see what influence true learning has. Nothing is so universally respected, provided the learned man be a consistent moral character, and be not proud and overbearing; which is a disgrace to genuine literature.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
(1.) By way of precept and exhortation. David, in teaching his son, though he was a child of great capacity and quick apprehension, yet to show that he was in good earnest, and to affect his child the more with what he said, expressed himself with great warmth and importunity, and inculcated the same thing again and again.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
However, religion will, first or last, bring all those to honour that cordially embrace her; they shall be accepted of God, respected by all wise men, owned in the great day, and shall inherit everlasting glory.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches9
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 22:4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
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But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
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Daniel 12:3Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
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Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
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1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it…
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If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
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