Proverbs 4:8 meaning and explanation

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

Proverbs 4:8, Berean Standard Bible

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In this verse a father passes on what his own father taught him, urging his son to value wisdom as a person worth loving. Wisdom here is personified as a woman; the Hebrew verb translated "prize" carries the sense of holding something precious and lifting it up.

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