King James Version
Proverbs 4:8 in the King James Version says “Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.”
Proverbs 4:8 · KJV
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. a crown: or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Exalt”
H5549to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
“her and she shall promote”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“thee she shall bring thee to honour”
H3513to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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