Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 4:8 in English Standard Version "Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her." 1Sa 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 forever,’ 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. So 2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!