Proverbs 7:4
Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding [thy] kinswoman,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
In Context
3Bind them upon thy fingers. Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
5that they may keep thee from the interloping woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
Cross References
Job 17:14if I have said to corruption, Thou are my father, to the worm, My mother, and my sister,
Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake her, and she will preserve thee. Love her, and she will keep thee.
Matthew 12:49And having stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold, my mother and my brothers.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:2-6
The Word of God Recommended. 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, ch. vi.… Read the whole commentary →