Esteem her highly ¹  and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom ¹  would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.

But why should you be captivated, ¹  my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? ² 

A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;