Proverbs 7:4
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
In Context
3Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.
5So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.
Cross References
Job 17:14If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
Proverbs 4:6Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
Matthew 12:49And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, See, 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 →